Table 2.

Weight, height, and BMI standard deviations.

			Males			Females
	Age	Date	Weight (kg)	Height (cm)	BMI (kg/m2)	Weight (kg)	Height (cm)	BMI (kg/m2)
1946 NSHD
	11	1957	6.0	6.7	2.1	7.1	7.1	2.6
	15	1961	9.6	8.9	2.4	8.8	6.3	3.0
	20	1966	9.2	6.8	2.5	8.4	6.3	2.9
	26	1972	10.0	6.5	2.8	9.2	6.4	3.2
	36	1982	11.4	6.6	3.2	11.3	6.1	4.1
	43	1989	12.1	6.6	3.5	12.8	6.0	4.8
	53	1999	13.6	6.6	4.0	14.3	6.0	5.5
	60–64	2006–2010	13.5	6.6	4.1	14.1	5.9	5.3
1958 NCDS
	11	1969	6.9	6.9	2.4	7.7	7.5	2.7
	16	1974	10.3	7.9	2.7	8.5	6.2	3.0
	23	1981	10.4	7.0	2.9	9.1	6.6	3.2
	33	1991	12.9	6.7	3.7	13.4	6.4	4.9
	42	2000	13.7	6.7	3.9	13.6	6.6	5.0
	44	2002	14.6	6.6	4.3	15.2	6.2	5.6
	50	2008	15.3	6.6	4.5	15.0	6.2	5.5
1970 BCS
	10	1980	4.9	6.2	1.9	5.7	6.4	2.3
	16	1986	10.4	8.5	3.0	8.8	6.7	3.1
	26	1996	11.1	5.2	3.4	11.2	6.8	4.0
	30	2000	13.5	7.2	3.8	13.0	6.9	4.7
	34	2004	14.6	7.2	4.2	14.1	6.8	5.1
	42	2012	15.7	7.1	4.6	15.3	6.9	5.6
2001 MCS
	11	2012	9.9	7.1	3.6	10.3	7.4	3.7
	14	2015	13.6	8.7	4.0	12.0	6.4	4.2