TABLE 1.

Anthropometric data from birth to the median age of 9.1 years.

	All	WE	SA
Weight SDS at birth	−0.33 (1.37)	0.08 (1.19)	−0.84 (1.41)*
Height SDS at birth	−0.27 (1.15)	0.06 (1.18)	−0.66 (1.00)*
BMI SDS at birth	−0.25 (1.33)	0.08 1.09)	−0.65 (1.49)#
Weight SDS age 9y	0.78 (1.09)	0.77 (0.92)	0.80 (1.27)
Height SDS age 9y	0.53 (0.97)	0.42 (0.88)	0.66 (1.05)
BMI SDS age 9y	0.71 (1.22)	0.79 (0.97)	0.63 (1.45)
Change in weight SDS birth to 9y	1.09 (1.56)	0.59 (1.48)	1.69 (1.46) ‡
Change in height SDS birth to 9y	0.81 (1.36)	0.29 (1.39)	1.42 (1.04) ‡
Change in BMI SDS birth to 9y	0.91 (1.65)	0.62 (1.42)	1.26 (1.85)

Weight SDS, height SDS, and BMI SDS measurements were compared in WE (N = 44 at birth and 53 at 9y) and SA children (N = 36 and 46). Values are mean (SD), with significant differences between ethnic groups highlighted and represented by: ^#p ≤ 0.05, *p ≤ 0.01, and ^‡p ≤ 0.001. Bold indicates significant results.