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Table 9.

Descriptive statistics for adult Maasai weight, height, and BMI from sample populations spanning 1930–2000. Data adapted from Homewood (1992), which includes anthropometric data from Orr and Gilks (1931) and McCabe et al. (1989) compared to this study

	Sex	Weight			Height			BMI	n	SD
	Sex	(kg)	n	SD	(cm)	n	SD	BMI	n	SD
Kenya 1931^a	♂	60.2	362		169.3	362		21	362
Kenya 1931^a	♀	54.2	333		155.5	333		22.4	333
Tanzania 1989^b	♂	57.6	88	7.89	171.2	88	6.54	19.7	88	2.3
Tanzania 1989^b	♀	49.1	180	6.6	159.9	180	5.5	19.1	180	2.3
Kenya 2000	♂	56.5	96	9.19	172.55	96	5.97	19.02	96	3.06
Kenya 2000	♀	47.5	130	8.69	160.26	130	5.54	18.58	130	2.83

Adapted from Homewood (1992)

^aData from Orr and Gilks (1931)

^bData from McCabe et al. (1989, 1992)