Table 1. Measurements grouped by age.

	3 years old (n=23)	4 years old ((n=24)	5 years old ((n=24)	6 years old ((n=23)	Age differencea) (p-value (n=94)
Height (cm)	95.7 ± 2.97	101 ± 4.36	109 ± 2.49	114 ± 5.44	**
Weight (kg)	14.6 ± 1.78	16.4 ± 2.64	18.9 ± 1.71	21.1 ± 5.13	**
Grip strength (kg)	3.87 ± 1.20	5.03 ± 1.30	6.92 ± 1.64	8.08 ± 1.57	**
Maximum occlusal force (N)	171 ± 80.9	218 ± 129	224 ± 92.9	271 ± 129	*
Thickness of the masseter muscle (mm)	11.0 ± 1.37	9.83 ± 1.52	10.3 ± 2.05	10.7 ± 2.06	-
Thickness of the lower limb muscle (mm)	29.2 ± 5.31	31.9 ± 5.78	34.4 ± 6.51	35.9 ± 5.12	*
Thickness of fat mass at the masseter (mm)	6.26 ± 0.85	5.58 ± 1.11	5.54 ± 1.00	5.39 ± 1.17	*
Thickness of Fat mass at the lower limb (mm)	5.48 ± 1.02	5.00 ± 1.15	5.29 ± 1.46	5.52 ± 1.41	-
Skeletal muscle mass (kg)	5.22 ± 0.70	6.08 ± 0.93	7.29 ± 1.11	8.03 ± 1.51	**
Body fat mass (kg)	2.72 ± 1.36	3.13 ± 1.41	3.40 ± 1.15	4.30 ± 3.01	-
Calf circumference (cm)	21.9 ± 1.80	22.5 ± 1.89	24.0 ± 1.38	24.7 ± 2.90	**

^a)Kruskal-Wallis test, *p<0.05, **p<0.01. Data are presented as a mean ± standard deviation.