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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 26.
Published in final edited form as: Br J Sports Med. 2014 May 16;48(13):1032–1036. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2014-093574

Table 2.

Description of maturity, body size and bone outcomes in Iowa Bone Development Study participants at age 17

Girls (n=186)
Boys (n=160)
Mean SD Mean SD
Age at PHV, years 11.8 0.6 13.7 0.7
Height, cm 165.6 6.7 178.7 7.5
Weight, kg 66.8 16.8 78.7 17.2
Whole body BMC, g 1794.0 325.8 2376.4 446.6
Hip BMC, g 32.98 6.27 47.09 9.85
Hip BMD, g/cm2 1.018 0.139 1.133 0.159
Femoral Neck CSA, cm2 3.23 0.60 4.16 0.81
Femoral Neck Section Modulus, cm3 1.48 0.37 2.17 0.51
Bone Stress Index (tibia 4% site), mg2/mm4 98.4 23.7 133.5 31.6
Polar moment of inertia (tibia 38% site),
mm4
1496.4 338.9 2028.3 437.1
Polar moment of inertia (tibia 66% site),
mm4
2217.4 506.3 3029.1 673.1

BMC, bone mineral content; BMD, bone mineral density; CSA, cross-sectional area; PHV, peak height velocity.