Table 3. Comparison of mean heights between the study sample and the French reference population by sex (girls) and age, n=19,758.

Age, years	French	Lebanese	Lebanese	Lebanese	Lebanese - French mean, cm	Pb
	Mean meight, cm	Mean Height, cm	SD Height, cm	n
0	53	-	-	-	-	a
0.5	63	-	-	-	-	a
1	72	-	-	-	-	a
1.5	78	106.5	-	1	28.5	a
2	84	-	-	-	-	a
2.5	89	-	-	-	-	a
3	93	-	-	-	-	a
3.5	97	106.75	3.18	2	9.75	.144
4	100.5	101.33	8.73	9	.83	.782
4.5	103.5	104.54	4.25	208	1.05	.000b
5	107.5	106.6	4.62	890	-.9	.000 b
5.5	110	109.93	4.7	977	-.07	.66
6	113.5	112.97	5.02	1067	-.53	.001 b
6.5	117	115.88	5.3	1117	-1.12	.000 b
7	119	118.84	5.59	1366	-.15	.307
7.5	122	121.66	5.72	1275	-.34	.033 b
8	125	124.55	5.93	1360	-.45	.005 b
8.5	127	127.4	5.89	1339	.4	.014 b
9	130	129.81	6.42	1433	-.19	.265
9.5	132	132.97	6.33	1362	.97	.000 b
10	136	135.39	6.47	1512	-.61	.000 b
10.5	137	139.04	6.86	1352	2.04	.000 b
11	141	141.85	7.39	1015	0.86	.000 b
11.5	144	144.43	7.37	819	0.44	.091
12	147	146.1786	7.38	695	-0.82	.003 b
12.5	156	149.32	7.6	530	-6.68	.000 b
13	154	151.08	6.63	453	-2.92	.000 b
13.5	157	152.85	6.54	318	-4.15	.000 b
14	157.5	154.01	7.07	254	-3.49	.000 b
14.5	158	155.56	5.79	146	-2.44	.000 b
15	160.05	154.46	6.71	119	-5.58	.000 b
15.5	162	155.3	6.11	50	-6.7	.000 b
16	162.5	154.47	8.23	36	-8.03	.000 b
16.5	163	155.32	6.53	17	-7.68	.000 b
17	163.5	155.2	4.53	15	-8.3	.000 b
17.5	163.75	152.17	5.97	9	-11.58	.000 b
18	164	155.9	6.46	5	-8.1	.049 b
18.5	164	152	12.72	2	-12	.41
19	164	149.94	3.32	5	-14.06	.001 b
19.5	164	-	-	-	-	a
20	164	-	-	-	-	a

a. Some points had no P since there is no replication of people (n=1), mainly for those aged <5 years and >15 years.

b. Significance level <.05.

SD, standard deviation.