Fig. 2: Within-person trait change for height and weight is dependent on sex and age.
From: Genetic influence on within-person longitudinal change in anthropometric traits in the UK Biobank
Panels show rate of height A and weight C change, where lines indicate the sex- and age-dependent polynomial fitted to the data. Points and vertical bars (95% CI) indicate the mean value of the rate of trait-change in 10 (approximately) equal age groups for the average age of measurement for females (N = 25,759) and males (N = 24,313). Also shown are the curves for cumulative height (B, cm) and weight (D, kg) change obtained by integrating, with respect to age, the sex-specific regressions shown in A, C. The average age of measurement is 59.0 and 60.3 years for females and males, respectively.
