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. 2019 Dec 5;23(8):1381–1391. doi: 10.1017/S1368980019003239

Table 3.

Median age at peak growth velocity and Super-Imposition by Translation and Rotation (SITAR) model summaries, including number of individuals (n) and parameter sd for height, weight, BMI, grip strength fitted on age by gender, in the sample of children and adolescents (n 40 484) aged 3–19 years of Ladino and Maya ancestry born during 1955–1993 in Guatemala (n observations 157 067)

Variable SITAR model summary Males Females
Height (cm) n 22 746 17 738
Median age at peak velocity (years) 13·3 11·4
Spline degrees of freedom 6 6
sd of size random effect (cm) 8·0 7·1
sd of timing random effect (%) 7·9 8·5
sd of intensity random effect (%) 12·1 12·4
Timing–intensity correlation 0·37 0·17
Size–timing correlation 0·33 0·22
Size–intensity correlation 0·64 0·48
Variance explained (%) 97·8 98·2
Weight (kg) n 22 734 17 720
Median age at peak velocity (years) 13·2 11·8
Spline degrees of freedom 5 5
sd of size random effect (%) 15·1 14·2
sd of timing random effect (years) 1·0 1·0
sd of intensity random effect (%) 15·2 16·4
Timing-intensity correlation −0·45 −0·21
Size–timing correlation −0·07 −0·02
Size–intensity correlation 0·33 0·23
Variance explained (%) 93·7 94·3
BMI (kg/m2) n 22 734 17 720
Median age at peak velocity (years) 14·6 12·2
Spline degrees of freedom 4 4
sd of size random effect (%) 12·0 12·0
sd of intensity random effect (%) 33·2 36·2
Size–intensity correlation 0·45 0·33
Variance explained (%) 84·7 84·9
Grip strength (kg-force) n 22 716 17 695
Median age at peak velocity (years) 14·4 11·8
Spline degrees of freedom 5 4
sd of size random effect (kg-force) 3·4 3·1
sd of intensity random effect (%) 23·9 24·8
Size–intensity correlation 0·81 0·81
Variance explained (%) 77·7 69·0