Table 1.

Parameters of distributions of height, weight and BMI of the included conscripts

	Height (cm)						Weight (kg)				BMI (kg/m2)
YoC	A: 1875–79	B: 1932–39	C: 1994	D: 2010–12	% (A) > (D)	% (B) > (D)	1875–79	1932–39	1994	2010–12	A: 1875–79	B: 1932–39	C: 1994	D: 2010–12	% (A) > (D)	% (B) > (D)
N	7937	15 707	25 050	110 810			7937	15 707	25 050	110 810	7936	15 707	25 050	110 810
Mean	164.81	170.59	177.26	178.21	108.1	104.5	56.18	62.52	70.08	74.51	20.63	21.46	22.28	23.44	113.6	109.2
SE mean	0.079	0.051	0.041	0.020			0.084	0.057	0.068	0.039	0.022	0.016	0.019	0.011
Median	165	171	177	178	107.9	104.1	56	62	69	72	20.56	21.36	21.80	22.74	110.6	106.5
Min	130	136	146	133	102.3	97.8	27.5	32	35	32	11.83	13.50	14.71	12.84	108.5	95.1
Max	187	202	204	210	112.3	104.0	143	120	158	192	46.16	35.83	47.88	57.33	124.2	160.0
P5	153	160	167	168	109.8	105.0	44	51	56	58	17.64	18.50	18.41	18.79	106.5	101.6
P25	160.3	166.5	173	174	108.5	104.5	51.5	58	63	66	19.38	20.16	20.29	20.96	108.1	103.9
P75	169	175	182	183	108.3	104.6	61	67	75	81	21.79	22.64	23.63	25.06	115.0	110.7
P95	176	181	188	189	107.4	104.4	68	75	89	99	23.78	24.74	27.78	30.59	128.6	123.6
Skew	−0.34	−0.09	0.05	0.08			0.37	0.43	1.28	1.36	0.93	0.55	1.53	1.55
Kurt	3.65	3.64	3.17	3.18			6.50	4.65	6.78	6.74	10.35	4.64	7.77	7.33
SD	7.00	6.44	6.50	6.55			7.47	7.19	10.70	13.08	1.97	1.94	3.05	3.78
Var	48.98	41.43	42.23	42.87			55.78	51.71	114.47	171.08	3.88	3.78	9.32	14.29

YoC, year of conscription.