Table 6.
Anthropometric characteristics and age at peak height velocity according to relative age quarter. Data are means (±SD).
| Relative age quarter | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First eligible year (1) | Second eligible year (2) | Third eligible year (3) | |||||||||||
| Q1(1) | Q2(1) | Q3(1) | Q4(1) | Q1(2) | Q2(2) | Q3(2) | Q4(2) | Q1(3) | Q2(3) | Q3(3) | Q4(3) | ||
| BW [kg] | ♂ | 61.0 (9.0) | 62.2 (9.8) | 61.4 (10.9) | 58.3 (10.8) | 53.5 (6.8) | 54.4 (10.4) | 50.6 (7.6) | 46.7 (8.1) | 43.5 (9.1) | 44.9 (9.5) | 46.1 (4.7) | 45.5 (7.0) |
| ♀ | 55.2 (6.2) | 54.3 (6.4) | 52.2 (8.9) | 54.6 (9.1) | 51.5 (6.6) | 54.0 (6.7) | 53.3 (8.0) | 47.8 (8.6) | 47.8 (8.4) | 47.9 (8.8) | 48.8 (8.9) | 48.1 (6.8) | |
| BH [m] | ♂ | 1.71 (.06) | 1.71 (.06) | 1.71 (.08) | 1.67 (.08) | 1.65 (.07) | 1.64 (.09) | 1.61 (.07) | 1.58 (0.10) | 1.54 (.09) | 1.55 (.07) | 1.55 (.05) | 1.55 (.04) |
| ♀ | 1.63 (.06) | 1.60 (.05) | 1.63 (0.06) | 1.62 (.06) | 1.59 (.06) | 1.63 (.05) | 1.60 (.07) | 1.55 (.02) | 1.59 (.06) | 1.58 (.08) | 1.56 (.05) | 1.55 (.05) | |
| APHV [yrs] | ♂ | 14.0 (.5) | 13.9 (0.6) | 13.8 (.6) | 13.9 (.7) | 14.0 (.5) | 14.0 (.6) | 14.1 (.7) | 14.1 (.7) | 14.2 (.5) | 14.0 (.5) | 13.8 (.3) | 13.7 (.4) |
| ♀ | 12.7 (.4) | 12.7 (.3) | 12.5 (.4) | 12.3 (.4) | 12.4 (.3) | 12.1 (.4) | 12.1 (.4) | 12.4 (.3) | 12.1 (.4) | 12.0 (.5) | 11.9 (.4) | 11.9 (.3) | |
BW = Body weight; BH = Body height.