Table 6. Anthropometric characteristics and age at peak height velocity according to relative age quarter. Data are means (±SD).
|
Relative age quarter |
| First eligible year (1) |
Second eligible year (2) |
Third eligible year (3) |
| Q1(1) |
Q2(1) |
Q3(1) |
Q4(1) |
Q1(2) |
Q2(2) |
Q3(2) |
Q4(2) |
Q1(3) |
Q2(3) |
Q3(3) |
Q4(3) |
| BW [kg] |
♂ |
61.0 (9.0) |
62.2 (9.8) |
61.4 (10.9) |
58.3 (10.8) |
53.5 (6.8) |
54.4 (10.4) |
50.6 (7.6) |
46.7 (8.1) |
43.5 (9.1) |
44.9 (9.5) |
46.1 (4.7) |
45.5 (7.0) |
| ♀ |
55.2 (6.2) |
54.3 (6.4) |
52.2 (8.9) |
54.6 (9.1) |
51.5 (6.6) |
54.0 (6.7) |
53.3 (8.0) |
47.8 (8.6) |
47.8 (8.4) |
47.9 (8.8) |
48.8 (8.9) |
48.1 (6.8) |
| BH [m] |
♂ |
1.71 (.06) |
1.71 (.06) |
1.71 (.08) |
1.67 (.08) |
1.65 (.07) |
1.64 (.09) |
1.61 (.07) |
1.58 (0.10) |
1.54 (.09) |
1.55 (.07) |
1.55 (.05) |
1.55 (.04) |
| ♀ |
1.63 (.06) |
1.60 (.05) |
1.63 (0.06) |
1.62 (.06) |
1.59 (.06) |
1.63 (.05) |
1.60 (.07) |
1.55 (.02) |
1.59 (.06) |
1.58 (.08) |
1.56 (.05) |
1.55 (.05) |
| APHV [yrs] |
♂ |
14.0 (.5) |
13.9 (0.6) |
13.8 (.6) |
13.9 (.7) |
14.0 (.5) |
14.0 (.6) |
14.1 (.7) |
14.1 (.7) |
14.2 (.5) |
14.0 (.5) |
13.8 (.3) |
13.7 (.4) |
| ♀ |
12.7 (.4) |
12.7 (.3) |
12.5 (.4) |
12.3 (.4) |
12.4 (.3) |
12.1 (.4) |
12.1 (.4) |
12.4 (.3) |
12.1 (.4) |
12.0 (.5) |
11.9 (.4) |
11.9 (.3) |
BW = Body weight; BH = Body height.
