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Table 2 Mean anthropometric measurements of the participants, mean difference

From: Sex-related change in BMI of 15- to 16-year-old Norwegian girls in cross-sectional studies in 2002 and 2017

 

Girls

 

Mean difference, 95% CI

p-value

Boys

 

Mean difference, 95% CI

p-value

2002

2017

  

2002

2017

  

Height, cm

166.4

166.7

  

176.4

177.5

  

Weight, kg

57.5

59.7

  

67.0

67.7

  

BMIa

20.7

21.4

0.7 (0.37,0.95)

<0.001

21.5

21.4

−0.04 (− 0.35,0.27)

0.8

BMIzb

−0.07

0.22

0.29 (0.18,0.39)

<0.001

0.19

0.19

0.00(−0.10,0.10)

0.5

  1. aBody Mass Index (BMI)
  2. bBMI z- score (BMIz)