Table 1

Mean age over the period, annual accretion in height, and weight according to sex and pubertal stage at the first examination

		Pubertal stage
		I	II	III	IV	V
Girls
Number	38	26	20	30	56
Age (years)
10 centile	6.8	8.5	11.6	12.9	14.8
50 centile	8.9	11.2	13.1	14.9	16.7
90 centile	10.6	13.0	15.1	18.1	18.6
Height (cm/year)
10 centile	4.8	5.4	0.8	0.3	−0.6
50 centile	5.8	7.0	5.1	1.2	0.4
90 centile	6.9	9.3	7.2	2.9	1.5
Weight (kg/year)
10 centile	1.10	1.27	1.81	0.00	−2.31
50 centile	2.87	4.79	5.87	3.53	1.27
90 centile	4.78	8.74	7.93	6.10	5.95
Boys
Number	68	17	14	10	26
Age (years)
10 centile	6.8	11.7	12.5	14.5	15.2
50 centile	9.1	12.8	13.2	15.1	18.1
90 centile	12.4	14.7	14.9	15.6	19.1
Height (cm/year)
10 centile	4.3	4.9	8.4	2.7	0.0
50 centile	5.4	7.5	9.8	5.6	1.0
90 centile	7.1	12.1	11.1	7.4	2.8
Weight (kg/year)
10 centile	1.51	3.14	4.89	0.55	−0.79
50 centile	3.10	6.10	7.80	6.61	1.48
90 centile	5.21	9.28	10.02	8.42	8.14