The names of all other variables end in either .7 or .11 (depending whether they were measured at the age 7 clinic or the age 11 clinic)

male codes sex: 1=male, 0=female

age.yrs and age.yrs are the age (in decimal years) on the day of the clinic at age 7 or 11

ht is height in cm

ht.sit is sitting height in cm

ws is waist circumference in cm

hp is waist circumference in cm

wt is weight in Kg

sbp is systolic blood pressure (the top of the blood pressure fluctuation) measured (as is conventional) in mm of Hg (mercury)

dbp is diastolic blood pressure (the bottom of the blood pressure fluctuation) measured (as is conventional) in mm of Hg (mercury)

pulse is pulse rate measured in beats per minute

BMI is body mass index derived as wt/(ht/100)² The height variable is divided by 100 to express it in metres rather than centimeters