Table 2 |
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Waist circumference percentiles (cm) by age and gender |
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|
Age (years) |
n |
3rd |
10th |
25th |
50th |
75th |
90th |
97th |
|
|
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|
Boys |
2830 |
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|
6 |
152 |
44.3 |
46.5 |
49.3 |
52.6 |
57.0 |
62.7 |
71.2 |
|
7 |
469 |
46.4 |
48.7 |
51.5 |
55.0 |
59.6 |
66.1 |
76.6 |
|
8 |
506 |
48.2 |
50.6 |
53.6 |
57.4 |
62.5 |
70.0 |
83.1 |
|
9 |
421 |
49.5 |
52.4 |
55.9 |
60.5 |
66.6 |
75.5 |
90.3 |
|
10 |
550 |
49.9 |
53.5 |
57.8 |
63.2 |
70.3 |
79.9 |
94.2 |
|
11 |
499 |
50.3 |
54.4 |
59.4 |
65.4 |
73.1 |
83.1 |
96.8 |
|
12 |
233 |
51.7 |
56.6 |
62.4 |
69.3 |
77.7 |
88.0 |
101.0 |
|
Girls |
2699 |
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|
6 |
165 |
45.3 |
47.3 |
49.6 |
52.3 |
55.6 |
59.9 |
65.6 |
|
7 |
470 |
45.9 |
48.0 |
50.4 |
53.4 |
57.1 |
61.9 |
68.6 |
|
8 |
522 |
47.1 |
49.4 |
52.2 |
55.6 |
60.0 |
65.9 |
74.4 |
|
9 |
416 |
47.9 |
50.5 |
53.6 |
57.5 |
62.4 |
69.2 |
79.3 |
|
10 |
546 |
48.5 |
51.4 |
55.0 |
59.3 |
64.9 |
72.4 |
83.4 |
|
11 |
440 |
49.3 |
52.7 |
56.8 |
61.9 |
68.2 |
76.6 |
88.2 |
|
12 |
140 |
50.4 |
54.5 |
59.4 |
65.4 |
72.9 |
82.6 |
95.5 |
|
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Liu et al. BMC Public Health 2010 10:82 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-10-82 |
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