Table 3. Comparison of height growth between the Baka, the Efe and the non-pygmy neighbours the Lese.
| Girls and boys together | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age in years | Baka* | Efe11 | Lese11 | Baka versus Efe | Baka versus Lese | ||||||
| X | N | s.d. | X | N | s.d. | X | N | s.d. | |||
| 1.5 | 72.5 | 7 | 3.4 | 66.5 | 18 | 2.3 | 71.6 | 18 | 4.8 | *** B | 0.808 |
| 2 | 77.0 | 19 | 2.9 | 72.1 | 19 | 2.5 | 76.1 | 18 | 2.7 | *** B | 0.521 |
| 2.5 | 79.0 | 28 | 3.2 | 75.5 | 23 | 3.4 | 82 | 21 | 3.1 | *** B | *** |
| 3 | 83.4 | 46 | 3.1 | 78.6 | 13 | 3.2 | 84.9 | 20 | 4 | *** B | *** |
| 3.5 | 86.8 | 60 | 3.8 | 82.8 | 12 | 2.4 | 88.3 | 22 | 4.1 | *** B | *** |
| 4 | 89.3 | 69 | 4.4 | 86.2 | 10 | 3.6 | 91.4 | 14 | 4.7 | *** B | *** |
| 4.5 | 92.8 | 60 | 4 | 87.4 | 9 | 3.6 | 93.2 | 13 | 4.7 | *** B | 0.470 |
| 5 | 94.9 | 66 | 5.2 | 89.9 | 11 | 2 | 96.0 | 11 | 6 | *** B | 0.080 |
B, Baka values are higher.
***=P<0.001, **=P<0.01, *=P<0.05 (one sample t-test).
*This study.