Table 9

Estimates of annual linear secular trends in height (cm) for English and Scottish children

	72-809-1 (per cohort)	72-79² (per year)	72-82³ (per year)	79-86² (per year)	82-90³ (per year)	72-94⁴ (per year)
English
Boys	0.074	0.073	0.0729-150	0.033	0.0759-150	0.066
Girls	0.041	0.074	0.0549-150	−0.017	0.1139-150	0.050
Scottish
Boys	0.137	0.159	0.1449-150	0.017	0.1579-150	0.129
Girls	0.045	0.134	0.1029-150	−0.011	0.1659-150	0.115

↵9-150 Based on the assumption that one SD score is approximately 6 cm.
↵9-1 Chinn and Rona, 1987. ²Chinn et al, 1989. ³Chinn and Rona, 1994.⁴Current analysis.