Table 3 Regressions of measured heights and adjusted heights† on year of birth in the total samples of Hindu males 18–84 years and Muslim males 18–76 years of age born between the 1891 and 1957, and among subsamples of each group born in 1891 through 1930 and in 1930 through 1957; the regression coefficients provide an estimate of change in each variable over time (i.e., year of birth).

From: Variation in body size and weight status among Hindu and Muslim Indian males born in the 1890s through the 1950s

 

Regression coefficients

Regression coefficients

r

β± SEb (cm/yr)

95% CI

F

r

β± SEb (cm/yr)

95% CI

F

Hindu

Muslim

A

Total sample (n = 38,776) born 1891–1957

Total sample (n = 5139) born 1899–1957

 Height

0.025

0.015 ± 0.003

0.009

0.020

24.68*

0.040

0.022 ± 0.008

0.007

0.037

8.19**

 Adjusted height

 − 0.034

 − 0.020 ± 0.003

 − 0.026

 − 0.014

45.62*

 − 0.024

 − 0.013 ± 0.008

 − 0.028

0.002

3.02

B

Sample (n = 17,685) born 1891–1930

  

Sample (n = 2219) born 1899–1930#

 Height

0.035

0.039 ± 0.008

0.023

0.056

21.79*

0.047

0.054 ± 0.026

0.003

0.105

4.31***

 Adjusted height

 − 0.042

 − 0.047 ± 0.008

 − 0.064

 − 0.031

31.37*

 − 0.041

 − 0.046 ± 0.026

 − 0.098

0.005

3.17

C

Sample (n = 31,910) born 1930–1957

  

Sample (4317) born 1930–1957

 Height

0.008

0.010 ± 0.007

 − 0.003

0.024

2.25

0.026

0.033 ± 0.019

 − 0.005

0.071

2.98

 Adjusted height

 − 0.009

 − 0.010 ± 0.007

 − 0.024

0.003

2.32

0.009

0.011 ± 0.019

 − 0.027

0.049

0.34

  1. *p < 0.001; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.05.
  2. †The samples for adjusted heights include the measured heights of individuals 18 through 34 years and adjusted heights of individuals 35 + years (i.e., measured heights plus the estimated height loss with age, see text for details).
  3. #The group of Muslims born in the second period (B) encompassed men aged 18–76 (born in the years 1899–1930).
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