Table 1.

Select demographic and dietary characteristics from birth to 22 years Cebu Longitudinal Health and Nutrition Survey (1983–2005) (Mean values and standard deviations)

	Birth		Age 2 years		Age 11 years		Age 15 years		Age 19 years		Age 22 years
Covariates	Mean	sd	Mean	sd	Mean	sd	Mean	sd	Mean	sd	Mean	sd
n	3080		2456		2181		2089		2023		1888
Maternal education (years)	7·56	3·72
Maternal height (cm)	150·56	5·00
Household assets (range 1–11)*	2·51	1·94	2·65	1·96	4·00	2·19	4·68	2·17	5·17	2·09	5·23	2·03
Household urbanicity (range 0–70)*	30·58	12·61	28·41	13·69	35·97	13·21	39·08	13·69	41·96	13·84	41·04	13·35
Offspring weight (kg)*	3·00	0·42	9·78	1·23	28·46	6·08	44·48	7·88	49·79	8·69	51·62	9·99
Offspring length/height (cm)*	49·07	2·07	79·15	3·68	133·81	7·51	153·97	7·81	157·15	8·13	157·44	8·21
Offspring BMI (kg/m2) *			15·56	1·23	15·75	2·06	18·69	2·48	20·11	2·76	20·74	3·15
Offspring lean mass (kg)											39·36	9·22
Offspring fat mass (kg)											12·27	5·36
Offspring education (years)											10·84	3·65
Duration of breast-feeding (months)			12·39	8·32
Male (%)	52·99
Energy intake (kJ)*			2985·62	1503·48	7195·31	3439·04	6644·15	2815·12	7832·28	3434·39	8117·46	3481·84
Energy intake (kcal)*			713·58	359·34	1719·72	821·95	1587·99	672·83	1871·96	820·84	1940·12	832·18
Protein (g/kcal body weight)*			2·04	1·05	1·96	0·96	1·10	0·49	1·36	0·63	1·44	0·67
Protein (g)*			16·94	8·31	54·58	26·36	48·46	22·03	67·01	31·31	73·23	34·66
Protein (% of energy intake)			9·87	3·85	13·06	3·46	12·37	2·91	14·64	3·92	15·33	4·25
Fat (g)*			11·80	14·60	24·32	20·67	41·43	32·30	61·11	45·42	51·68	39·87
Carbohydrates (g)*			127·36	51·69	200·27	79·47	252·37	101·58	259·95	111·12	263·62	109·31

^*ANOVA shows that means vary significantly across the survey years shown (P<0·05).