Minimum number of measurements of weight and height or triceps skinfold thickness
| Sample | 1983–84 | 1993–94 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | ||||
| Representative | |||||||
| English white | 2905 | 2707 | 2873 | 2736 | |||
| Scottish white | 1880 | 1918 | 2047 | 2005 | |||
| Inner city | |||||||
| White | 1382 | 1258 | 1057 | 998 | |||
| Afro-Caribbean | 454 | 476 | 618 | 566 | |||
| Urdu/Punjabi | 853 | 806 | 697 | 728 | |||
| Gujarati | 267 | 252 | 147 | 166 | |||
| Other Indian | 130 | 132 | 194 | 173 | |||