{
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "limitations": [
    "Published survey summaries only; no raw NHANES microdata were reanalysed and no new people were measured.",
    "US civilian noninstitutionalized adults 20+, measured August 2021–August 2023. Not a 2026 survey, global average, or child growth reference.",
    "Male/Female are the source table labels, not an inference about an individual’s gender.",
    "Age bands are cross-sectional groups. Differences between them cannot isolate ageing, generational, or causal effects.",
    "Percentiles describe the survey distribution; no normal-distribution model or exact individual percentile is inferred between published cut points.",
    "P5–P95 is a percentile span, not a confidence interval, healthy range, or recommended height. SE is not SD.",
    "All adults 20+ overlaps its age subgroups. The unweighted sample counts are not weights for combining the published means.",
    "The audit concerns 174 paired published statistics, not 174 people. Its conditional rounding bound does not recover unrounded measurements or prove the source’s rounding algorithm.",
    "Values may differ from other surveys or cohorts. No diagnosis, height prediction, couple-height claim or country ranking is made.",
    "This is a site-authored reference and arithmetic audit. Its publication does not establish eligibility for any particular external encyclopedia citation."
  ],
  "corrections": "https://heightcomparison.dev/contact",
  "reviewedAt": "2026-10-28"
}