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.