Table 3 Correlations of absolute and proportional height measurements at different ages in the 1946 cohort only (males in upper triangle, females in lower triangle, numbers of subjects in parentheses)

	Absolute standing height at ages:				As a proportion of adult height:
	2 years	4 years	7 years	43 years	2 years	4 years	7 years	Sitting height
Absolute standing height at ages:
2 years		0.51 (884)	0.49 (919)	0.44 (919)	0.81 (919)	0.20 (884)	0.19 (919)	−0.15 (919)
4 years	0.49 (883)		0.71 (983)	0.61 (983)	0.16 (884)	0.63 (983)	0.32 (983)	−0.18 (983)
7 years	0.49 (915)	0.75 (1007)		0.73 (1064)	0.06 (919)	0.15 (983)	0.60 (1064)	−0.18 (1064)
43 years	0.43 (915)	0.63 (1007)	0.73 (1103)		−0.17 (919)	−0.24 (983)	−0.11 (1064)	−0.25 (1064)
As a proportion of adult standing height:
2 years	0.74 (915)	0.05 (883)	−0.02 (915)	−0.28 (915)		0.37 (884)	0.28 (919)	0.01 (919)
4 years	0.20 (883)	0.66 (1007)	0.24 (1007)	−0.17 (1007)	0.33 (883)		0.50 (983)	0.03 (983)
7 years	0.23 (919)	0.37 (1007)	0.63 (1103)	−0.08 (1103)	0.29 (915)	0.55 (1007)		0.03 (1064)
Sitting height	−0.07 (915)	−0.17 (1007)	−0.21 (1103)	−0.25 (1103)	0.10 (915)	0.03 (1007)	−0.02 (1103)