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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Feb 18.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Hum Biol. 2009 Mar-Apr;21(2):161–171. doi: 10.1002/ajhb.20838

Table 2.

Colono mean weight, height, BMI, and sample size by sex and yearly age cohort

Height-for-age Weight-for-age BMI-for-age Weight-for-height
Age n Mean (cm) Mean z % z ≤ −2 Mean (kg) Mean z % z ≤ −2 Mean BMI Mean z % z ≤ −2 n Mean z % z ≤ −2
0 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Males 2 1 85.0 −1.36 0% 13.7 0.28 0% 19.0 1.70 0% 1 1.46 0%
3 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
4 14 101.6 −0.71 7% 16.8 −0.22 7% 16.2 0.39 0% 14 0.22 0%
5 45 106.3 −0.67 11% 18.4 −0.23 5% 16.2 0.44 5% 44 0.30 5%
6 30 112.7 −0.59 10% 21.4 −0.08 11% 16.7 0.33 12% 24 0.20 13%
7 22 117.9 −0.77 9% 23.3 −0.15 5% 16.7 0.49 0% 16 0.46 0%
8 81 123.3 −0.85 11% 24.6 −0.60 9% 16.1 −0.26 10% 33 −0.10 15%
9 46 127.8 −0.98 22% 28.2 −0.44 13% 17.1 −0.07 13% 9 0.71 0%
10 31 131.2 −1.19 26% 31.3 −0.40 7% 18.1 0.28 3% 1 1.06 0%
11 28 134.4 −1.36 21% 34.1 −0.56 9% 18.7 0.22 4% - - -
12 14 137.7 −1.63 43% 33.8 −1.20 25% 17.8 −0.33 17% 1 1.51 0%
13 3 142.3 −1.80 33% 36.0 −1.43 33% 17.7 −0.49 0% - - -
14 - - - - - - - - - - - -
15 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
16 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
17 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Females 0 1 65.0 - - 7.5 - - 17.8 - - - - -
1 1 77.0 - - 8.8 - - 14.8 - - 1 −1.94 -
2 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
3 1 91.0 −0.82 0% 13.5 −0.27 0% 16.3 0.46 0% 1 0.16 0%
4 8 101.6 −0.45 13% 17.3 0.23 0% 16.8 0.95 0% 8 0.75 0%
5 39 107.0 −0.36 5% 18.2 −0.16 5% 15.9 0.31 8% 37 0.12 8%
6 30 111.5 −0.72 17% 19.8 −0.30 5% 15.5 −0.09 5% 21 −0.24 5%
7 23 116.3 −1.05 22% 23.1 −0.20 9% 16.9 0.50 5% 19 0.35 5%
8 23 120.0 −1.40 26% 23.0 −0.85 13% 15.9 −0.07 0% 16 −0.04 0%
9 49 127.6 −0.92 20% 26.9 −0.75 19% 16.4 −0.44 13% 10 −0.48 20%
10 31 131.1 −1.12 10% 30.2 −0.76 17% 17.3 −0.21 10% 1 2.64 0%
11 16 135.3 −1.24 13% 34.7 −0.56 13% 18.8 0.29 0% 1 1.55 0%
12 13 140.8 −1.43 46% 37.5 −0.73 0% 18.8 0.06 8% - - -
13 7 137.9 −2.77 86% 37.1 −1.47 43% 19.4 −0.12 0% - - -
14 1 143.0 −2.66 100% 47.0 −0.28 0% 23.0 0.96 0% - - -
15 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
16 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
17 - - - - - - - - - - - - -