Table 1.

Male summary data. Sample sizes (N), mean waist circumference (WC) and standard deviation (SD), mean height and standard deviation, regression slope (β) between weight and centered height, and age-specific optimal power for boys aged 2 to 18 years and adult men in ten-year intervals between ages 20 to 70+.

		WC		Height
Age	N	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	β	Power
2	51	48.61	2.77	88.22	3.75	0.29	0.52
3	125	50.14	3.01	94.97	4.05	0.29	0.56
4	144	51.71	3.15	102.4	4.23	0.29	0.58
5	164	53.48	4.34	108.7	4.67	0.39	0.80
6	173	55.29	5.32	116.0	4.71	0.54	1.13
7	178	57.14	6.67	122.9	6.30	0.58	1.24
8	179	58.71	7.19	128.7	5.34	0.63	1.38
9	169	61.22	8.27	134.4	5.61	0.63	1.38
10	183	64.54	9.98	140.5	5.98	0.82	1.81
11	192	66.34	10.29	145.5	6.15	0.82	1.81
12	195	69.15	10.92	151.2	6.73	0.75	1.67
13	197	71.48	10.76	157.8	8.14	0.60	1.34
14	197	74.67	11.70	166.1	7.92	0.47	1.06
15	188	76.91	12.31	171.6	7.37	0.50	1.12
16	186	77.93	11.41	175.5	6.93	0.41	0.93
17	190	80.35	11.41	177.9	6.56	0.16	0.35
18	176	81.04	10.61	178.9	6.86	0.17	0.36
20 - 29	265	87.43	12.99	180.1	7.10	0.24	0.50
30 - 39	235	95.36	13.47	180.0	7.46	0.36	0.68
40 - 49	230	98.72	11.73	179.6	7.24	0.20	0.36
50 - 59	181	103.8	12.27	179.1	7.30	0.22	0.38
60 - 69	100	109.0	12.92	177.6	7.17	0.05	0.08
70+	61	107.6	11.34	174.3	6.13	0.34	0.55