Table 1.
Subject background data in relation to age and sex at repeated health examinations.
| Baseline, Age 7.7 (SD 0.6) years | Age 9.9 (SD 0.6) years | Age 11.7 (SD 0.6) years | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys (n = 191) | Girls (n = 158) | Boys (n = 92) | Girls (n = 80) | Boys (n = 88) | Girls (n = 67) | |
| BACKGROUND DATA | ||||||
| Age, years (SD) | 7.7 (0.6) | 7.7 (0.6) | 10.0 (0.6) | 9.8 (0.6) | 11.8 (0.6) | 11.7 (0.6) |
| Height, cm (SD) | 128.8 (6.5) | 128.0 (7.0) | 140.6 (6.8) | 140.1 (7.3) | 152.5 (8.0) | 152.6 (10.0) |
| Weight, kg (SD) | 27.7 (5.3) | 27.3 (5.3) | 34.3 (6.9) | 34.4 (6.6) | 43.4 (9.2) | 43.8 (9.6) |
| BMI, kg/m2 (SD) | 16.6 (2.3) | 16.6 (2.4) | 17.3 (2.6) | 17.5 (2.7) | 18.5 (2.9) | 18.6 (3.3) |
| Age 14.8 (SD 0.8) years | Age 18.8 (SD 0.3) years | Age 23.5 (SD 0.7) years | ||||
| Boys (n = 82) | Girls (n = 66) | Boys (n = 48) | Girls (n = 44) | Men (n = 75) | Women (n = 74) | |
| BACKGROUND DATA | ||||||
| Age, years (SD) | 14.9 (0.7) | 14.7 (0.8) | 18.8 (0.3) | 18.8 (0.3) | 23.5 (0.7) | 23.5 (0.7) |
| Height, cm (SD) | 173.2 (8.2) | 165.7 (6.7) | 181.8 (6.5) | 168.5 (5.0) | 180.6 (6.9) | 168.6 (5.9) |
| Weight, kg (SD) | 61.8 (13.2) | 57.6 (11.0) | 75.9 (11.9) | 64.0 (10.3) | 78.9 (11.8) | 66.4 (12.4) |
| BMI, kg/m2 (SD) | 20.5 (3.5) | 20.9 (3.6) | 23.0 (3.4) | 22.5 (3.2) | 24.1 (3.0) | 23.3 (4.1) |
BMI, body mass index; SD, standard deviation.