Sugar-sweetened carbonated beverage consumption correlates with BMI, waist circumference, and poor dietary choices in school children

Table 1 Anthropometric characteristics of the subjects divided into tertiles by age.

		10 - 13 Years			14 - 16 Years			17 - 19 Years			Total
BMI Percentile Groups		Males n	Females n	Total	Males n	Females n	Total	Males n	Females n	Total	n = 9433
		%	%		%	%		%	%
[1]	< 5^th percentile	189	100	289	178	98	276	132	102	234	799
		10.0	6.9		10.1	5.9		9.7	8.0
[2]	≥ 5^th &<85^th percentile	1020	889	1909	840	999	1839	651	782	1433	5181
		53.8	60.9		47.5	60.1		47.6	61.1
[3]	≥ 85^th &<95^th percentile	293	225	518	253	285	538	178	226	404	1460
		15.5	15.4		14.3	17.2		13.0	17.7
[4]	≥ 95^th percentile	394	245	639	499	279	778	406	170	576	1993
		20.8	16.8		28.2	16.8		29.7	13.3
		10 - 13 Years			14 - 16 Years			17 - 19 Years			Total
Waist Circumference Groups		Males n	Females n	Total	Males n	Females n	Total	Males n	Females n	Total	n = 9433
		%	%		%	%		%	%
[1]	≤ 10^thpercentile	495	394	889	318	527	845	213	608	821	2555
		26.1	27.0		18.0	31.7		15.6	47.5
[2]	>10^th&75^th percentile	831	733	1564	802	863	1665	669	541	1210	4439
		43.8	50.2		45.3	52.0		48.9	42.3
[3]	≥ 75^th&90^th percentile	314	233	547	408	187	595	317	107	424	1566
		16.6	16.0		23.1	11.3		23.2	8.4
[4]	≥ 90^th percentile	256	99	355	242	84	326	168	24	192	873
		13.5	6.8		13.7	5.1		12.3	1.9

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