Table 1.

Characteristics of study participants.

	LSIC wave 3K		LSIC wave 4K		LSIC wave 6		LSIC wave 8		LSIC wave 10B		SAABC wave 5
	(n = 519)		(n = 491)		(n = 1,072)		(n = 988)		(n = 727)		(n = 250)
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
AGE
Mean (SD)	5.6 (0.6)		6.6 (0.6)		6.8 (1.5)		8.2 (1.1)		9.6 (0.5)		5.6 (0.8)
Min/Max	4–8		5–8		4–10		6–10		8–10		4–8
Missing	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	10	4.0
SEX
Female	257	49.5	242	50.7	554	51.7	498	50.4	373	51.3	111	44.4
Male	262	50.5	249	49.3	518	48.3	490	49.6	354	48.7	118	47.2
Missing	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	21	8.4

Mean values, minimum, maximum, and SDs; numbers and percentages.