Table 1

L, M, and S values for sitting height (SH) (cm), leg length (LL) (cm), and sitting height/height (SH/H) ratio for boys and girls of Dutch origin in the age range 0–21 years

Age (y)	SH			LL			SH/H
Age (y)	L	M	S	L	M	S	L	M	S
Boys
0.25	3.072	41.691	0.045	1.061	19.376	0.080	5.220	0.682	0.034
0.50	3.087	45.669	0.044	0.936	22.136	0.078	5.220	0.671	0.034
0.75	3.092	48.035	0.044	0.824	24.605	0.077	5.220	0.660	0.034
1.0	3.087	49.710	0.044	0.729	26.922	0.075	5.220	0.648	0.034
2.0	3.030	53.599	0.046	0.536	35.711	0.071	5.220	0.604	0.034
3.0	2.971	55.952	0.046	0.513	42.289	0.067	5.220	0.572	0.033
4.0	2.886	58.741	0.047	0.530	47.110	0.064	5.220	0.555	0.033
5.0	2.768	61.831	0.047	0.558	51.291	0.062	5.220	0.546	0.031
6.0	2.624	64.916	0.047	0.588	55.143	0.061	5.220	0.541	0.030
7.0	2.474	67.784	0.046	0.617	58.826	0.060	5.220	0.536	0.029
8.0	2.331	70.446	0.047	0.644	62.405	0.060	5.220	0.531	0.028
9.0	2.212	72.642	0.047	0.672	65.720	0.059	5.220	0.525	0.027
10.0	2.115	74.502	0.048	0.703	68.825	0.059	5.220	0.520	0.026
11.0	2.023	76.435	0.048	0.742	71.947	0.059	5.220	0.516	0.025
12.0	1.931	78.893	0.049	0.791	75.332	0.059	5.220	0.513	0.025
13.0	1.868	81.971	0.050	0.851	79.180	0.059	5.220	0.509	0.025
14.0	1.871	85.482	0.050	0.910	82.832	0.058	5.220	0.508	0.026
15.0	1.925	88.994	0.047	0.957	85.618	0.057	5.220	0.510	0.026
16.0	1.985	91.555	0.044	0.990	87.476	0.057	5.220	0.512	0.027
17.0	2.024	93.017	0.042	1.007	88.456	0.057	5.220	0.513	0.027
18.0	2.047	93.854	0.041	1.013	88.821	0.057	5.220	0.515	0.028
19.0	2.059	94.311	0.040	1.014	88.885	0.057	5.220	0.516	0.028
20.0	2.062	94.432	0.040	1.016	88.954	0.057	5.220	0.516	0.029
21.0	2.060	94.654	0.040	1.019	89.144	0.057	5.220	0.513	0.029
Girls
0.25	1.510	40.669	0.045	0.707	18.895	0.079	4.720	0.683	0.036
0.50	1.445	44.742	0.045	0.673	21.518	0.077	4.720	0.672	0.036
0.75	1.386	46.962	0.046	0.650	23.999	0.075	4.720	0.660	0.036
1.0	1.336	48.719	0.046	0.641	26.364	0.074	4.720	0.648	0.036
2.0	1.234	52.428	0.048	0.719	35.261	0.069	4.720	0.601	0.036
3.0	1.194	54.615	0.049	0.785	42.145	0.066	4.720	0.568	0.035
4.0	1.164	57.761	0.049	0.764	46.801	0.063	4.720	0.553	0.034
5.0	1.147	61.155	0.050	0.713	50.650	0.061	4.720	0.546	0.032
6.0	1.144	64.146	0.050	0.660	54.452	0.060	4.720	0.541	0.031
7.0	1.153	66.810	0.050	0.625	58.309	0.059	4.720	0.536	0.029
8.0	1.176	69.573	0.050	0.624	62.011	0.058	4.720	0.531	0.028
9.0	1.217	72.287	0.049	0.662	65.409	0.058	4.720	0.526	0.027
10.0	1.277	74.730	0.049	0.738	68.658	0.057	4.720	0.522	0.028
11.0	1.357	77.178	0.048	0.850	71.969	0.057	4.720	0.519	0.027
12.0	1.471	80.100	0.047	0.982	75.247	0.056	4.720	0.516	0.027
13.0	1.610	83.126	0.045	1.101	77.896	0.056	4.720	0.516	0.027
14.0	1.735	85.498	0.043	1.175	79.464	0.056	4.720	0.518	0.027
15.0	1.823	87.060	0.041	1.209	80.153	0.055	4.720	0.522	0.027
16.0	1.883	88.108	0.040	1.225	80.491	0.055	4.720	0.524	0.027
17.0	1.907	88.544	0.039	1.234	80.657	0.055	4.720	0.524	0.027
18.0	1.917	88.707	0.039	1.238	80.749	0.055	4.720	0.524	0.027
19.0	1.933	88.994	0.039	1.242	80.827	0.055	4.720	0.525	0.027
20.0	1.953	89.347	0.038	1.248	80.956	0.055	4.720	0.526	0.027
21.0	1.969	89.627	0.038	1.253	81.057	0.055	4.720	0.526	0.027