Table 1. Descriptive statistics of height by age, sex and geographic-cultural region.
| All cohorts |
Europe |
North-America and Australia |
East-Asia |
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| N | mean | SD | N | mean | SD | N | mean | SD | N | mean | SD | |
| Boys | ||||||||||||
| Age 1 | 15512 | 74.3 | 4.3 | 12674 | 75.3 | 3.3 | 547 | 71.6 | 8.8 | 2213 | 69.4 | 3.7 |
| Age 2 | 12667 | 87.0 | 4.3 | 10357 | 87.7 | 3.9 | 607 | 85.2 | 4.7 | 1629 | 83.4 | 4.6 |
| Age 3 | 16840 | 96.3 | 4.4 | 13761 | 96.8 | 4.3 | 1050 | 96.3 | 5.1 | 1987 | 93.4 | 3.8 |
| Age 4 | 9719 | 102.4 | 5.3 | 7244 | 103.0 | 4.9 | 1481 | 101.4 | 6.4 | 986 | 99.6 | 4.6 |
| Age 5 | 7987 | 111.5 | 6.0 | 6014 | 112.6 | 5.5 | 1080 | 108.9 | 6.5 | 870 | 106.5 | 4.6 |
| Age 6 | 3167 | 115.5 | 6.7 | 1328 | 118.3 | 5.6 | 797 | 114.4 | 8.4 | 986 | 112.6 | 4.9 |
| Age 7 | 13396 | 124.3 | 6.6 | 11136 | 125.3 | 6.1 | 707 | 121.5 | 8.8 | 1240 | 118.1 | 5.2 |
| Age 8 | 6298 | 128.8 | 6.5 | 4333 | 130.3 | 5.8 | 679 | 129.6 | 7.2 | 1243 | 123.8 | 5.2 |
| Age 9 | 6870 | 134.2 | 7.0 | 4212 | 135.8 | 6.6 | 1398 | 133.9 | 7.4 | 1227 | 129.4 | 5.5 |
| Age 10 | 11228 | 140.9 | 7.2 | 8902 | 142.1 | 6.8 | 839 | 139.2 | 7.4 | 1358 | 135.2 | 6.1 |
| Age 11 | 8839 | 144.6 | 7.4 | 6470 | 145.6 | 7.1 | 951 | 144.4 | 8.4 | 1415 | 140.5 | 6.4 |
| Age 12 | 11599 | 151.9 | 8.1 | 8342 | 152.7 | 7.9 | 2197 | 151.8 | 8.2 | 1060 | 146.5 | 7.1 |
| Age 13 | 4745 | 158.9 | 9.3 | 3322 | 159.7 | 8.8 | 1124 | 157.6 | 10.1 | 299 | 154.7 | 9.6 |
| Age 14 | 8896 | 165.9 | 8.9 | 6308 | 166.0 | 9.1 | 2422 | 165.7 | 8.4 | 166 | 164.2 | 7.2 |
| Age 15 | 5307 | 171.8 | 8.7 | 3782 | 172.3 | 8.8 | 1377 | 171.3 | 8.4 | 137 | 166.7 | 7.3 |
| Age 16 | 8013 | 175.7 | 7.5 | 5806 | 176.2 | 7.4 | 2070 | 174.9 | 7.6 | 120 | 168.4 | 6.1 |
| Age 17 | 9829 | 177.0 | 7.4 | 6795 | 178.2 | 7.1 | 2918 | 174.4 | 7.5 | 100 | 171.5 | 6.8 |
| Age 18 | 14722 | 176.1 | 7.6 | 6514 | 179.6 | 6.9 | 8063 | 173.4 | 7.1 | 118 | 170.7 | 5.6 |
| Age 19 | 8873 | 177.7 | 7.8 | 4822 | 180.0 | 6.9 | 3923 | 174.9 | 7.8 | 117 | 174.4 | 5.3 |
| Girls | ||||||||||||
| Age 1 | 15520 | 72.9 | 4.3 | 12498 | 74.1 | 3.0 | 583 | 70.3 | 9.0 | 2355 | 67.8 | 3.9 |
| Age 2 | 12223 | 85.9 | 4.3 | 9885 | 86.7 | 3.8 | 579 | 84.1 | 4.8 | 1681 | 81.9 | 4.4 |
| Age 3 | 17216 | 95.3 | 4.5 | 13949 | 95.8 | 4.4 | 1086 | 95.1 | 5.5 | 2137 | 92.3 | 3.6 |
| Age 4 | 9571 | 101.3 | 5.2 | 7144 | 101.8 | 4.9 | 1411 | 100.1 | 6.3 | 1000 | 98.6 | 4.5 |
| Age 5 | 7817 | 110.6 | 6.2 | 5884 | 111.9 | 5.6 | 1010 | 107.5 | 7.0 | 902 | 105.5 | 4.6 |
| Age 6 | 2807 | 114.6 | 6.5 | 886 | 117.9 | 5.3 | 785 | 113.9 | 8.0 | 1070 | 112.3 | 4.8 |
| Age 7 | 13736 | 123.5 | 6.6 | 11368 | 124.5 | 6.2 | 719 | 120.4 | 7.5 | 1358 | 117.5 | 5.0 |
| Age 8 | 6072 | 127.8 | 6.7 | 3979 | 129.5 | 5.9 | 681 | 127.6 | 8.0 | 1389 | 123.2 | 5.4 |
| Age 9 | 6642 | 133.3 | 7.1 | 3868 | 134.8 | 6.8 | 1362 | 133.3 | 7.5 | 1375 | 129.0 | 5.6 |
| Age 10 | 11298 | 140.5 | 7.4 | 8882 | 141.6 | 7.0 | 817 | 138.7 | 8.3 | 1468 | 135.4 | 6.5 |
| Age 11 | 8743 | 145.1 | 7.7 | 6288 | 145.8 | 7.6 | 953 | 145.2 | 8.5 | 1499 | 142.1 | 7.0 |
| Age 12 | 11873 | 152.9 | 8.2 | 8376 | 153.7 | 8.2 | 2327 | 152.9 | 7.9 | 1170 | 147.7 | 6.8 |
| Age 13 | 4599 | 158.3 | 7.6 | 3078 | 159.5 | 7.4 | 1216 | 156.4 | 7.6 | 305 | 153.5 | 6.3 |
| Age 14 | 9388 | 162.2 | 6.7 | 6644 | 162.6 | 6.8 | 2578 | 161.4 | 6.5 | 166 | 157.5 | 6.0 |
| Age 15 | 5299 | 164.5 | 6.9 | 3736 | 165.5 | 6.7 | 1379 | 162.6 | 6.7 | 173 | 157.6 | 5.6 |
| Age 16 | 8801 | 164.9 | 6.5 | 6516 | 165.4 | 6.2 | 2128 | 163.9 | 6.8 | 150 | 158.4 | 6.0 |
| Age 17 | 9203 | 165.8 | 6.5 | 7523 | 166.1 | 6.3 | 1534 | 164.6 | 7.0 | 122 | 159.3 | 5.5 |
| Age 18 | 7704 | 166.3 | 6.7 | 5504 | 167.1 | 6.5 | 2037 | 164.6 | 7.0 | 130 | 159.5 | 4.8 |
| Age 19 | 8021 | 166.2 | 6.7 | 5582 | 167.2 | 6.4 | 2297 | 164.4 | 6.9 | 127 | 158.4 | 5.3 |
N: number of twin individuals; SD: standard deviation.