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Table 1 Number, age, height, body weight and BMI of each decade of life

From: Changes of upright body posture in the sagittal plane of men and women occurring with aging – a cross sectional study

Decade of life

Gender

Number

Age (yrs)

Height (cm)

Body weight

(kg)

BMI

(kg/m2)

20-29 yrs

M

11

24.8 ± 0.8

172.4 ± 1.0

72.0 ± 3.3

24.2 ± 1.1

F

12

23.4 ± 0.8

162.8 ± 1.2

***

57.0 ± 2.3

**

21.5 ± 0.7

30-39 yrs

M

8

34.1 ± 1.2

173.3 ± 3.0

70.5 ± 3.2

23.4 ± 0.7

F

12

33.8 ± 1.0

162.5 ± 1.6**

55.2 ± 1.7*

20.9 ± 0.5

40-49 yrs

M

8

43.0 ± 1.1

172.3 ± 2.3

66.3 ± 4.8

22.2 ± 1.2

F

8

46.1 ± 0.8

164.0 ± 1.3

59.8 ± 2.8

22.2 ± 1.0

50-59 yrs

M

9

53.2 ± 1.0

171.0 ± 1.9

68.4 ± 4.1

23.3 ± 1.0

F

12

54.3 ± 0.9

159.3 ± 1.1

***

64.3 ± 2.6

23.2 ± 0.6 #

60-69 yrs

M

23

66.7 ± 0.5

169.3 ± 1.0

68.0 ± 2.2

24.6 ± 0.4

F

20

67.1 ± 0.5

158.1 ± 1.2

***

58.2 ± 1.3

*

23.5 ± 0.6

70-79 yrs

M

53

73.6 ± 0.4

166.5 ± 0.8

$$

68.1 ± 1.3

23.9 ± 0.7

F

26

74.0 ± 0.6

157.0 ± 0.9

***##

58.1 ± 1.5

***

23.7 ± 0.9

80-89 yrs

M

12

81.9 ± 0.6

165.8 ± 1.7

64.8 ± 2.1

25.4 ± 1.0

F

12

81.8 ± 1.2

153.5 ± 2.0

***##

55.9 ± 2.2

25.4 ± 1.0

ANOVA

M

124

P < 0.001

P = 0.734

P = 0.463

 

F

102

P < 0.001

P = 0.073

P = 0.002

  1. Data are expressed as Mean ± S.E.. M: male, F: female. * p < 0.05, ** P < 0.01, *** P < 0.001 vs male at the same decade of life. Height: $$ p < 0.01 vs 20-29 yrs. of the same gender, ## p < 0.01 vs 20–29, 30–39 and 40-49 yrs. of the same gender. BMI: # P < 0.05 vs 20–29 and 30–39 yrs.