Anthropometric details of girls in different age groups
| Age (y) | n | Body mass index | Waist:hip ratio | Subscapular skinfold thickness | Triceps skinfold thickness | Systolic blood pressure | Diastolic blood pressure | Prepubertal | Adrenarche | Thelarche | “Pubertal” | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (kg/m2) | (mm) | (mm) | (mm Hg) | (mm Hg) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||||
| Anthropometric data are shown as mean (95% CI). | ||||||||||||
| 7.0–7.9 | 255 | 15.7 (15.4–15.9) | 0.82 (0.81–0.82) | 6.4 (6.1–6.8) | 11.4 (10.9–11.9) | 105.8 (104.3–107.3) | 67.6 (66.4–68.8) | 252 (98.8) | 2 (0.8) | 1 (0.4) | – | |
| 8.0–8.9 | 295 | 16.0 (15.8–16.3) | 0.81 (0.81–0.81) | 7.2 (6.7–7.7) | 12.4 (11.9–12.9) | 108.0 (106.7–109.3) | 69.0 (67.9–70.1) | 262 (88.8) | 14 (4.7) | 16 (5.4) | 3 (1.0) | |
| 9.0–9.9 | 302 | 16.5 (16.3–16.8) | 0.80 (0.80–0.81) | 7.5 (7.1–8.0) | 12.9 (12.4–13.4) | 111.0 (109.8–112.3) | 70.4 (69.4–71.4) | 197 (65.2) | 25 (8.3) | 59 (19.5) | 21 (7.0) | |
| 10.0–10.9 | 299 | 17.0 (16.6–17.3) | 0.79 (0.79–0.80) | 8.6 (7.9–9.2) | 13.8 (13.1–14.5) | 113.4 (112.0–114.9) | 71.6 (70.7–72.6) | 95 (31.8) | 27 (9.0) | 102 (34.1) | 75 (25.1) | |
| 11.0–11.6 | 80 | 16.6 (16.1–17.2) | 0.79 (0.78–0.80) | 7.9 (6.9–8.8) | 13.0 (11.9–14.2) | 117.6 (115.1–120.0) | 74.2 (72.1–76.2) | 10 (12.5) | 3 (3.8) | 27 (33.8) | 40 (50.0) | |
| Total: | 1231 | 16.3 (16.2–16.5) | 0.80 (0.80–0.81) | 7.5 (7.3–7.7) | 12.7 (12.4–13.0) | 110.2 (109.5–110.9) | 70.0 (69.5–70.5) | 816 (66.3) | 71 (5.8) | 205 (16.7) | 139 (11.3) | |