Figure 3.

Growth profiles changed with age: height percentiles decreased and weight percentiles increased

Among 1162 patients with height and weight measures at birth and later in life at the time of diagnosis, paired analyses documented the mean weight percentile (dotted line) increased slightly, but significantly with age. The mean height percentile decreased substantially with age (solid line). At birth, mean weight was significantly lower than mean length. Later in life, at the time of diagnosis, mean height was significantly lower than mean weight. Growth patterns were comparable between females and males with females roughly 3–5 percentile points smaller in size. CI, confidence interval.