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Table 2 Number of children in the different categories of waist circumference and BMI measured at age 12, for girls and boys separately

From: BMI, waist circumference at 8 and 12 years of age and FVC and FEV1 at 12 years of age; the PIAMA birth cohort study

 

BMI

 

Girls

Boys

Waist circumference

<10thpercentile

‘Normal’

>90thpercentile

Total

<10thpercentile

‘Normal’

>90thpercentile

Total

<10th percentile

31

30

0

61

27

34

0

61

‘Normal’

19

500

16

535

28

471

16

515

>90th percentile

0

21

38

59

0

19

38

57

Total

50

551

54

655

55

524

54

633

  1. Girls: 10th percentile of WC < −0.89SD, 90th percentile of WC >1.44SD; 10th percentile of BMI < −1.33SD, 90th percentile of BMI >1.44SD.
  2. Boys: 10th percentile of WC < −1.11SD, 90th percentile of WC >1.44SD; 10th percentile of BMI < −1.22SD, 90th percentile of BMI >1.67SD.