Table 1 Descriptive statistics of height by age, sex and geographic-cultural region.

From: Genetic and environmental influences on height from infancy to early adulthood: An individual-based pooled analysis of 45 twin cohorts

 

All cohorts

Europe

North-America and Australia

East-Asia

N

mean

SD

N

mean

SD

N

mean

SD

N

mean

SD

Boys

 Age 1

15512

74.3

4.3

12674

75.3

3.3

547

71.6

8.8

2213

69.4

3.7

 Age 2

12667

87.0

4.3

10357

87.7

3.9

607

85.2

4.7

1629

83.4

4.6

 Age 3

16840

96.3

4.4

13761

96.8

4.3

1050

96.3

5.1

1987

93.4

3.8

 Age 4

9719

102.4

5.3

7244

103.0

4.9

1481

101.4

6.4

986

99.6

4.6

 Age 5

7987

111.5

6.0

6014

112.6

5.5

1080

108.9

6.5

870

106.5

4.6

 Age 6

3167

115.5

6.7

1328

118.3

5.6

797

114.4

8.4

986

112.6

4.9

 Age 7

13396

124.3

6.6

11136

125.3

6.1

707

121.5

8.8

1240

118.1

5.2

 Age 8

6298

128.8

6.5

4333

130.3

5.8

679

129.6

7.2

1243

123.8

5.2

 Age 9

6870

134.2

7.0

4212

135.8

6.6

1398

133.9

7.4

1227

129.4

5.5

 Age 10

11228

140.9

7.2

8902

142.1

6.8

839

139.2

7.4

1358

135.2

6.1

 Age 11

8839

144.6

7.4

6470

145.6

7.1

951

144.4

8.4

1415

140.5

6.4

 Age 12

11599

151.9

8.1

8342

152.7

7.9

2197

151.8

8.2

1060

146.5

7.1

 Age 13

4745

158.9

9.3

3322

159.7

8.8

1124

157.6

10.1

299

154.7

9.6

 Age 14

8896

165.9

8.9

6308

166.0

9.1

2422

165.7

8.4

166

164.2

7.2

 Age 15

5307

171.8

8.7

3782

172.3

8.8

1377

171.3

8.4

137

166.7

7.3

 Age 16

8013

175.7

7.5

5806

176.2

7.4

2070

174.9

7.6

120

168.4

6.1

 Age 17

9829

177.0

7.4

6795

178.2

7.1

2918

174.4

7.5

100

171.5

6.8

 Age 18

14722

176.1

7.6

6514

179.6

6.9

8063

173.4

7.1

118

170.7

5.6

 Age 19

8873

177.7

7.8

4822

180.0

6.9

3923

174.9

7.8

117

174.4

5.3

Girls

 Age 1

15520

72.9

4.3

12498

74.1

3.0

583

70.3

9.0

2355

67.8

3.9

 Age 2

12223

85.9

4.3

9885

86.7

3.8

579

84.1

4.8

1681

81.9

4.4

 Age 3

17216

95.3

4.5

13949

95.8

4.4

1086

95.1

5.5

2137

92.3

3.6

 Age 4

9571

101.3

5.2

7144

101.8

4.9

1411

100.1

6.3

1000

98.6

4.5

 Age 5

7817

110.6

6.2

5884

111.9

5.6

1010

107.5

7.0

902

105.5

4.6

 Age 6

2807

114.6

6.5

886

117.9

5.3

785

113.9

8.0

1070

112.3

4.8

 Age 7

13736

123.5

6.6

11368

124.5

6.2

719

120.4

7.5

1358

117.5

5.0

 Age 8

6072

127.8

6.7

3979

129.5

5.9

681

127.6

8.0

1389

123.2

5.4

 Age 9

6642

133.3

7.1

3868

134.8

6.8

1362

133.3

7.5

1375

129.0

5.6

 Age 10

11298

140.5

7.4

8882

141.6

7.0

817

138.7

8.3

1468

135.4

6.5

 Age 11

8743

145.1

7.7

6288

145.8

7.6

953

145.2

8.5

1499

142.1

7.0

 Age 12

11873

152.9

8.2

8376

153.7

8.2

2327

152.9

7.9

1170

147.7

6.8

 Age 13

4599

158.3

7.6

3078

159.5

7.4

1216

156.4

7.6

305

153.5

6.3

 Age 14

9388

162.2

6.7

6644

162.6

6.8

2578

161.4

6.5

166

157.5

6.0

 Age 15

5299

164.5

6.9

3736

165.5

6.7

1379

162.6

6.7

173

157.6

5.6

 Age 16

8801

164.9

6.5

6516

165.4

6.2

2128

163.9

6.8

150

158.4

6.0

 Age 17

9203

165.8

6.5

7523

166.1

6.3

1534

164.6

7.0

122

159.3

5.5

 Age 18

7704

166.3

6.7

5504

167.1

6.5

2037

164.6

7.0

130

159.5

4.8

 Age 19

8021

166.2

6.7

5582

167.2

6.4

2297

164.4

6.9

127

158.4

5.3

  1. N: number of twin individuals; SD: standard deviation.