Supplementary Table 4.

Girls’ height in cm with percentile values

	Age	n	3rd	10th	25th	50th	75th	90th	97th	mean ± SD
Observed	6	5	109	109	113	120.5	130.75			121.80±9.81
IAP	6		102.3	106	109.7	113.5	117.4	121.5	125.6	±25.
Observed	7	10	106	106.3	109.75	119.5	123.62	127.45		117.30±7.764
IAP	7		107.4	111.4	115.4	119.4	123.5	127.7	131.9	±31.
Observed	8	14	112	113	115	127	135	136		125.66±8.85
IAP	8		112.6	116.8	121.1	125.4	129.6	133.9	138.1	±38.
Observed	9	39	120.64	122	124	129.7	136	143	148.76	130.76±7.41
IAP	9		117.8	122.4	126.9	131.4	135.8	140.2	144.5	±44.
Observed	10	90	118.19	123.55	128	134.5	142.2	147.9	150.63	134.83±8.66
IAP	10		123.3	128.1	132.8	137.4	142	146.4	150.8	±50.
Observed	11	102	127.48	130.36	133.6	138.5	143.12	148.88	156.45	139.13±7.76
IAP	11		128.8	133.7	138.6	143.3	147.9	152.4	156.8	±56.
Observed	12	122	128.51	133.01	136.01	141.85	148.11	152.63	157.65	142.08±7.53
IAP	12		134	138.9	143.7	148.4	153	157.5	162	±62.
Observed	13	54	128.25	135	138.87	143.8	148.12	154.5	158.7	143.84±7.22
IAP	13		138.2	142.9	147.6	152.2	156.8	161.3	165.9	±65.
Observed	14	31	129	136.81	142.01	146	150.6	152.9		145.42±6.11
IAP	14		141.3	145.8	150.2	154.7	159.2	163.7	168.2	±68.

Note: Red coloured entries show values observed to be less than the IAP growth chart values