Table 2. Salivary DHEAS pg/ml by age groups in Sylheti, first-generation, second-generation and European girls, aged 5-16 years.

Variables	Sylheti			First Generation			Second Generation			European			P for trend; Residency Scale	Pairwise comparison Sylheti vs. UK residents	Pairwise comparison First-generation vs. UK born
	(n = 165)			(n = 42)			(n = 162)			(n = 50)
	n	Mean	SD	N	Mean	SD	n	Mean	SD	n	Mean	SD
Age Quartile
1 (<7.5 yr.)	45	5.3	(1.4)	11	5.98	(0.8)	30	5.78	(1.2)	8	5.41	(0.7)	0.23	0.07	0.77
2 (7.5–<9.5 yr.)	46	6.22	(1.2)	8	6.95	(1.1)	44	6.36	(1.1)	15	6.39	(1.0)	0.42	0.32	0.93
3 (9.5–<11.8 yr.)	36	7.28	(0.7)	4	6.89	(0.9)	44	7.14	(1.0)	16	7.25	(1.0)	0.79	0.48	0.28
4 (>11.8 yr.)	38	7.82	(0.8)	19	7.57	(0.8)	44	7.76	(0.9)	11	7.67	(0.9)	0.75	0.48	0.23
<9.5 yr.	91	5.8	(1.4)	19	6.4†	(1.0)	74	6.1	(1.2)	23	6	(1.0)	0.12	0.06	0.31
≥9.5 yr.	74	7.6	(0.8)	23	7.4	(0.8)	88	7.5	(1.0)	27	7.4	(1.0)	0.85	0.40	0.98

^†indicates statistical difference between Sylheti and first-generation girls at the p<0.05 cut off.