Mean (SD) pulse rate (bpm), Body Mass Index (BMI) (kg/m2) and height (cm)*
| Age (y) | Boys | Overweight/ obese (%) | Girls | Overweight/ obese (%) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Study year | N† | Mean | Range | Pulse rate‡ | BMI | Height | Pulse rate‡ | BMI | Height | ||
| 1980 | 12 164 | 10.3 | 9.8–10.7 | 78.4 (10.5) | 16.9 (1.9) | 5.7 | 139.0 (6.3) | 81.9 (11.0) | 17.1 (2.2) | 9.7 | 138.6 (6.5) |
| 1984–1985 | 774 | 9.7 | 9.0–10.7 | 79.2 (10.1) | 17.2 ( 2.2) | 6.9 | 141.0 (5.7) | 82.1 (10.4) | 16.9 (1.9) | 8.3 | 140.5 (6.3) |
| 1991 | 1293 | 10.3 | 9.0–11.7 | 78.2 (12.6) | 17.5 (2.4) | 10.0 | 140.3 (6.0) | 82.4 (13.8) | 17.7 (2.7) | 18.1 | 140.0 (6.5) |
| 1994 | 3363 | 10.5 | 9.0–11.8 | 79.3 (12.2) | 17.5 (2.7) | 13.0 | 141.0 (5.7) | 82.8 (12.1) | 17.8 (2.6) | 16.5 | 140.2 (5.9) |
| 1995–1998 | 3083 | 10.5 | 9.0–11.9 | 78.6 (11.3) | 18.3 (3.3) | 16.0 | 140.2 (6.2) | 82.2 (12.0) | 18.3 (3.1) | 21.6 | 140.5 (6.4) |
| 2002 | 1181 | 10.5 | 9.0–11.9 | 80.9 (11.8) | 18.8 (3.3) | 21.9 | 140.1 (6.4) | 84.0 (11.6) | 19.2 (3.7) | 30.4 | 140.8 (6.7) |
| 2006–2008 | 985 | 10.5 | 9.0–11.9 | 80.6 (11.6) | 18.3 (3.3) | 21.1 | 141.0 (6.8) | 82.0 (12.4) | 18.8 (3.6) | 24.2 | 141.1 (7.3) |
| Total | 22 843 | 10.3 | 9.0–11.9 | 78.8 (11.1) | 17.3 (2.5) | 12.0 | 139.8 (6.4) | 82.2 (11.6) | 17.7 (2.9) | 16.7 | 139.6 (6.7) |
*All height, BMI and pulse rate measures were centred at mean age (10.3 years) using pooled estimate for all studies (estimated annual age trend for pulse rate was −2.34 bpm for boys and −1.48 bpm for girls).
†Study sample (9–11-year white European children with pulse rate measures).
‡First pulse rate reading for all studies; for 1970 cohort, the reading taken at end of exam was used.