Table 1: Anthropometric characteristics and estimated age at peak height velocity (est. APHV) for the total sample and separately for boys and girls. Values are Means ± SD.
| Total sample (N = 165) | Girls only (N = 74) | Boys only (N = 91) | p-value | |
| Age (years) | 13.5 ± 1.1 | 13.2 ± 1.0 | 13.7 ± 1.1 | 0.015 |
| Height (cm) | 161.3 ± 8.9 | 158.8 ± 6.8 | 163.4 ± 9.9 | 0.001 |
| Weight (kg) | 53.8 ± 14.3 | 51.3 ± 9.9 | 55.9 ± 16.9 | 0.043 |
| BMI percentile | 59.4 ± 29.4 | 60.9 ± 27.5 | 58.2 ± 31.0 | 0.563 |
| Est. APHV (years) | 12.9 ± 0.8 | 12.1 ± 0.4 | 13.6 ± 0.4 | < 0.001 |
p-value indicates differences between boys and girls.