Table 2.

Gender differences in anthropometric profiles

	Girls (n = 867)	Boys (n = 918)	p-value
	Mean (±SD) n (%)	Mean (±SD) n (%)
Age (years)	9.4 (±0.7)	9.6 (±0.7)	< 0.001
Head circumference (cm)	48.4 (±9.3)	48.9 (±9.2)	< 0.001
Height (cm)	132.4 (±6.7)	133.2 (±6.7)	0.001
Weight (kg)	34.8 (±10.7)	34.8 (±10.5)	0.67
BMI (kg/m2)	20.0 (±5.8)	19.9 (±6.0)	0.59
BMI Categories			0.71
< 3rd percentile	28 (3.2)	37 (4.0)
3rd-15th percentile	81 (9.3)	76 (8.3)
15th -50th percentile	236 (27.2)	267 (29.1)
50th – 85th percentile	284 (32.8)	289 (31.5)
> 95th percentile	238 (27.5)	249 (27.1)

Statistical significance set at p<0.05