Table 3.

Mean height and weight of girls compared with subjects from previous Zambian study

Age	n	2011–2012, mean (SD)	n	1993a ,mean (SD)	n	1957–1958b, mean (SD)
Girl’s height
2	54	82.2 (5.8)	32	79.1 (2.8)*
3	26	91.1 (5.4)	33	86.1 (4.4)*
4	36	97.7 (6.1)	32	92.5 (4.7)*
5	25	104.8 (8.5)	29	101 (4.5)*
6	25	114.9 (7.1)	37	106 (6.9)*
7	25	120.3 (7.6)	71	112.3 (5.8)*
8	34	123.2 (5.3)	71	117.5 (5.9)*	7	119.3 (5.4)*
9	31	127.0 (5.7)	110	123.9 (6.9)	18	119.7 (3.7)*
10	30	133.4 (9.1)	89	128.8 (6.0)*	11	126.1 (7.4)*
11	35	139.0 (8.6)	81	133.2 (6.9)*	14	127.2 (5.0)*
12	37	144.1 (8.0)	92	135.3 (6.9)*	8	130.5 (9.9)*
13	37	148.5 (10.4)	38	142.8 (7.1)*	19	133.9 (6.8)*
14	38	151.4 (9.5)	43	148.2 (6.8)*
15	37	155.7 (7.4)	36	151.6 (5.7)*
16	35	155.8 (5.2)	33	152.7 (6.2)*
17	28	158.1 (6.6)	36	156.8 (5.2)
18	22	156.5 (5.2)	12	157.4 (7.1)
19	4	156.4 (3.5)	16	159.4 (5.1)
Girl’s weight
2	54	11.4 (1.7)	32	9.4 (1.1)*
3	26	14.0 (1.8)	33	12 (1.4)*
4	36	14.9 (1.6)	32	13.5 (1.4)*
5	25	17.0 (2.7)	29	15.1 (0.9)*
6	25	19.5 (3.0)	37	16.6 (2.9)*
7	25	22.6 (4.2)	71	17.9 (2.9)*
8	34	23.4 (3.2)	71	20.5 (2.6)*	7	21.3 (2.8)*
9	31	24.5 (3.1)	110	22.7 (3.4)*	18	22.1 (2.3)*
10	30	29.0 (5.8)	89	25.3 (3.2)*	11	24.9 (3.6)*
11	35	31.4 (5.1)	81	27.3 (4.2)*	14	25.7 (4.1)*
12	37	35.3 (7.1)	92	28.6 (4.4)*	8	26.6 (4.8)*
13	37	38.9 (8.4)	38	33.3 (5.5)*	19	29.2 (4.7)*
14	38	41.4 (8.9)	43	37.7 (6.3)*
15	37	47.7 (7.8)	36	40.3 (5.3)*
16	35	49.8 (7.9)	33	43.8 (6.6)*
17	28	54.0 (9.5)	36	50.5 (6.6)*
18	22	52.7 (6.2)	12	51.8 (7.0)
19	4	53.8 (2.9)	16	54.5 (5.5)

^aGillet [6]

^bGillet and Tobias [7]

*P < 0.05, by Z test