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[quote=Anonymous]There are nuances in how kids grow that are not captured in the growth curves, which are just a collection of points. For example, kids who go through early puberty, on average attain shorter adult height than kids who go through puberty at an average age, and kids who go through puberty later than average, achieve more the most adult height. So a kid who is 95% for height at age 10.5 due to early puberty has a different trajectory to a kid who is 95% for height at age 10 when puberty is 3-4 years away. That is why scientists have come up with puberty adjusted growth curves, but they are not as simple to look at as the traditional CDC curves. [/quote]
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