Table 1.
Basic descriptive statistics on the study sample
| Males | Females | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age group (years) | N | Mean age | SD | Mean height | SD | N | Mean age | SD | Mean height | SD |
| Early childhood (3–6) | 98 | 4.39 | 1.12 | 110.1 | 9.8 | 95 | 4.38 | 1.18 | 109.2 | 10.7 |
| Late childhood (7–12) | 128 | 9.49 | 1.82 | 141.8 | 14.0 | 118 | 9.76 | 1.67 | 141.7 | 13.0 |
| Puberty (13–15) | 52 | 13.89 | 0.83 | 168.9*** | 9.2 | 56 | 13.79 | 0.85 | 161.8 | 7.0 |
| Adolescence (16–18) | 46 | 17.43 | 0.83 | 180.3*** | 9.2 | 65 | 17.63 | 0.67 | 166.5 | 7.5 |
| Young adult (19–21) | 98 | 20.12 | 0.84 | 180.9*** | 8.4 | 215 | 20.01 | 0.82 | 167.0 | 6.4 |
| Adult (22–25) | 222 | 23.55 | 1.08 | 182.2*** | 7.1 | 360 | 23.46 | 1.09 | 165.7 | 6.9 |
| Total | 646 | 909 | ||||||||
Significant difference between males and females indicated as *p ≤ 0.05, **p ≤ 0.01, ***p ≤ 0.001. Age reported in years. Height reported in cm