Table .

Characteristics of the participants among age subgroups.

Age(years)	Sex(number)	Height(cm)	Weight(kg)	BMI(kg/m2)	Lower extremitylength (cm)
6	Females (20)	116.85 (4.42)	22.35 (2.99)	16.36 (1.98)	59.50 (2.91)
	Males (19)	117.10 (4.79)	22.63 (3.51)	16.48 (2.22)	58.68 (3.11)
	Total (39)	116.97 (4.55)	22.48 (3.21)	16.42 (2.07)	59.10 (2.99)
7	Females (25)	125.84 (5.08)	25.84 (4.72)	16.24 (2.39)	65.92 (3.60)
	Males (14)	124.35 (4.32)	24.92 (4.95)	16.0 (2.18)	64.92 (3.12)
	Total (39)	125.30 (4.81)	25.51 (4.76)	16.16 (2.29)	65.56 (3.43)
8	Females (19)	130.26 (8.63)	28.42 (5.72)	16.64 (2.26)	69.10 (3.78)
	Males (19)	132.57 (5.51)	29.73 (3.60)	16.89 (1.64)	68.73 (2.10)
	Total (38)	131.42 (7.24)	29.07 (4.76)	16.77 (1.95)	68.92 (3.02)
9	Females (22)	134.59 (5.83)	30.81 (6.02)	16.94 (2.71)	70.95 (4.51)
	Males (18)	135.27 (3.26)	33.22 (5.54)	18.16 (3.01)	71.61 (2.78)
	Total (40)	134.90 (4.80)	31.90 (5.86)	17.49 (2.87)	71.25 (3.80)
10	Females (18)	138.94 (7.96)	35.11 (8.72)	18.0 (3.16)	74.38 (4.72)
	Males (18)	141.94 (8.27)	36.83 (9.02)	18.11 (2.87)	75.0 (4.81)
	Total (36)	140.44 (8.14)	35.97 (8.79)	18.05 (2.97)	74.69 (4.71)
11	Females (21)	144.0 (8.30)	35.14 (8.21)	16.79 (2.65)	76.76 (5.53)
	Males (17)	146.05 (8.05)	39.35 (8.60)	18.28 (2.95)	77.88 (5.46)
	Total (38)	144.92 (8.14)	37.02 (8.54)	17.46 (2.85)	77.26 (5.45)
12	Females (16)	152.93 (4.53)	45.43 (6.17)	19.41 (2.46)	87.43 (6.50)
	Males (16)	154.62 (5.43)	45.87 (6.91)	19.15 (2.35)	86.50 (6.80)
	Total (32)	153.78 (5.0)	45.65 (6.45)	19.28 (2.37)	86.96 (6.56)
Total	Females (141)	133.97 (12.51)	31.26 (9.08)	17.09 (2.66)	71.36 (9.0)
	Males (121)	135.80 (13.17)	33.12 (9.72)	17.59 (2.65)	71.71 (9.33)
	Total (262)	134.82 (12.83)	32.12 (9.41)	17.32 (2.66)	71.52 (9.14)

BMI, body mass index.