From: Growth status and menarcheal age among adolescent school girls in Wannune, Benue State, Nigeria
 | n = 722 | Height (cm) | Weight (kg) | BMI (kg m-2) | ||||
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Age | Pre- | Post- | Pre- | Post- | Pre- | Post- | Pre- | Post- |
12+ | 17 | 13 | 148.1 ± 6.0 | 159.0 ± 6.1 | 45.8 ± 8.2 | 49.8 ± 4.2* | 18.7 ± 2.6 | 20.2 ± 3.0* |
13+ | 13 | 18 | 151.1 ± 4.8 | 153.7 ± 5.6* | 48.0 ± 6.7 | 51.4 ± 5.6* | 21.0 ± 2.8 | 21.8 ± 2.4 |
14+ | 9 | 58 | 151. 6 ± 5.2 | 155.5 ± 5.3* | 49.0 ± 4.1 | 52.2 ± 7.0* | 21.3 ± 2.2 | 21.6 ± 2.6 |
15+ | 3 | 112 | 146.2 ± 6.7 | 155. 9 ± 5.9* | 42.2 ± 9.8 | 53.5 ± 6.5* | 19.5 ± 2.6 | 22.0 ± 2.4* |
16+ | 3 | 147 | 153.3 ± 4.6 | 156. 1 ± 5.8* | 48.3 ± 5.3 | 54. 1 ± 7.3* | 20.4 ± 2.4 | 22.1 ± 2.5* |
17+ | 3 | 167 | 154.5 ± 5.3 | 156.9 ± 5.6* | 52.4 ± 5.6 | 55. 6 ± 7.9* | 20.1 ± 3.4 | 22.5 ± 2.9* |
18+ | 0 | 159 |  | 158.1 ± 6.2 |  | 55.1 ± 6.1 |  | 22.0 ± 2.2 |
 | 48 | 674 |  |  |  |  |  |  |