Table 3.

Male and female height and weight correlated with life expectancy at birth and at age 15 y and population density in subsistence-based preindustrial societies.

	Life expectancy at birth (R)	Life expectancy at age 15 y (R)	Density population, (R)
Average male height	0.69**	0.61**	NS
Average female height	0.72**	0.70**	NS
Average male weight	0.8**	0.68**	−0.45*
Average female weight	0.71**	0.67**	−0.48**

R-Spearman's correlation coefficient.

*p < 0.01. **p < 0.001.