Table 2.

Birth order and childhood growth

Sibling order	N	Mean Age	Mean Height for Age Z-Score	Mean Weight for Age Z-Score
One	3280	2.883	−0.641	−0.474
Two	2224	2.773	−0.691	−0.454
Three	1354	2.801	−0.756	−0.505
Four	824	2.735	−0.782	−0.536
Five	465	2.895	−0.964	−0.585
Six +	765	2.834	−0.925	−0.595
Total	8912	2.826	−0.725	−0.496