Table 2.

Baseline characteristics

	Overall (n=108)	Women (n=42)	Men (n=66)
Age (years)	14.83±0.58	14.74±0.66	14.88±0.52
Maturity offset (years)	1.27±1.09	2.26±0.59	0.64±0.83***
APHV (years)	13.56±1.05	12.48±0.46	14.24±0.68***
Body height (cm)	166.4±7.7	163.1±5.9	168.5±8.0***
Δheight (cm)	4.95±3.06	2.70±2.54	6.39±2.44***
Body weight (kg)	56.6±9.2	55.3±7.5	57.4±10.2
BMI (kg/m2)	20.33±2.34	20.78±2.50	20.04±2.20

All data are expressed as mean±SD. Level of significance based on unpaired sample t-tests and backed-up by bias-corrected accelerated bootstrapping with 10 000 samples: ***p<0.001.

APHV, age at peak height velocity; BMI, body mass index; Δheight, growth in body height during the last year.