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Table 1 Descriptive characteristics (n = 1376)

From: Childhood growth and development and DNA methylation age in mid-life

 

Men

Women

N

Mean (SD)

N

Mean (SD)

AgeAccel measures at 53 years

    

DNAm age Hannum (years)

656

43.1 (4.3)

720

 

AgeAccelHannum

656

0.79 (4.28)

720

− 0.66 (3.95)

DNAm age Horvath (years)

656

50.7 (4.2)

720

49.6 (3.9)

AgeAccelHorvath

656

0.54 (4.15)

720

− 0.54 (3.86)

DNAm age Levine (years)

656

39.0 (5.6)

720

38.9 (5.6)

AgeAccelLevine

656

0.06 (5.59)

720

− 0.02 (5.61)

GrimAge (years)

656

58.0 (5.1)

720

55.3 (4.8)

AgeAccelGrim

656

1.40 (5.14)

720

− 1.28 (4.79)

Weight (kg)

    

At birth

656

3.46 (0.53)

719

3.34 (0.49)

At 2 years

586

13.23 (1.50)

617

12.54 (1.39)

At 4 years

626

17.42 (2.10)

672

16.84 (2.02)

At 7 years

656

23.00 (2.84)

643

22.39 (3.11)

At 15 years

624

51.83 (9.73)

608

51.53 (8.58)

Height (cm)

    

At 2 years

576

86.11 (5.08)

598

84.81 (4.44)

At 4 years

611

103.47 (5.15)

653

102.54 (4.87)

At 7 years

656

120.49 (5.86)

678

119.42 (5.36)

At 15 years

623

162.24 (9.17)

611

158.51 (6.05)

Age at menarche (years)

  

617

13.11 (1.26)

 

N

% (N)

Pubertal stage at 14–15 years (men)

  

Fully mature*

172

26.22 (172)

Advanced puberty

211

32.16 (211)

Early puberty

200

30.49 (200)

Pre-pubertal

73

11.13 (73)

  1. AgeAccel: Age Acceleration
  2. *Fully mature group are the group who experienced the earliest pubertal timing