Table 1. Basic statistics for standardized heights and weights.

Standardized Height
	Boys					Girls
Age	5	8	11	14	17	5	8	11	14	17
Maximum	0.214	0.218	0.237	0.219	0.166	0.221	0.223	0.226	0.158	0.121
	Akita	Akita	Akita	Akita	Akita	Akita	Aomori	Aomori	Akita	Akita
Minimum	-0.261	-0.246	-0.135	-0.171	-0.305	-0.202	-0.133	-0.100	-0.306	-0.323
	Okinawa	Okinawa	Yamaguchi	Miyazaki	Okinawa	Okinawa	Okinawa	Yamaguchi	Okinawa	Okinawa
Mean	-0.009	-0.006	-0.001	-0.008	-0.011	-0.003	0.001	0.004	-0.012	-0.013
Median	-0.014	0.000	-0.028	-0.018	-0.008	-0.010	-0.007	-0.006	-0.020	-0.007
Standardized Weight
	Boys					Girls
Age	5	8	11	14	17	5	8	11	14	17
Maximum	0.234	0.295	0.289	0.262	0.220	0.242	0.293	0.255	0.229	0.195
	Aomori	Aomori	Aomori	Aomori	Akita	Aomori	Aomori	Aomori	Aomori	Akita
Minimum	-0.133	-0.106	-0.157	-0.158	-0.139	-0.135	-0.099	-0.099	-0.107	-0.254
	Okinawa	Yamaguchi	Shimane	Yamaguchi	Yamaguchi	Okinawa	Yamaguchi	Yamaguchi	Okinawa	Okinawa
Mean	-0.001	0.008	0.003	-0.002	0.002	0.003	0.013	0.011	0.011	0.014
Median	-0.031	-0.026	-0.030	-0.025	-0.016	-0.031	-0.014	-0.008	-0.015	0.002