Table 3 Differences in values of BMI-percentiles (in BMI-units) between the two study populations NHS (1966/69) and Young-HUNT (1995/97)¹

Percentiles(a)

2.5

-0.2

-0.16

-0.43*

-0.55

-0.87*

-0.6*

-0.28

-0.07

-0.04

-0.07

5

-0.11

-0.14

-0.18

-0.14

-0.93*

-0.45*

-0.36

-0.24

-0.12

0

10

0

-0.15

-0.09

-0.10

-0.59*

-0.39*

-0.03

-0.26

-0.09

0.02

15

-0.01

-0.16

-0.11

-0.04

-0.15

-0.37

-0.08

-0.32

0

0.09

25

0.08

-0.10

-0.17

0.15

0.11

-0.28

0.03

-0.1

0.14

0.04

50

0.28*

-0.05

0.21

0.39*

0.35

-0.2

0.26

0.02

-0.09

0.19

75

0.94

0.43

0.49

0.77

0.97

0.36

0.16

0.13

0.54

0.51

85

1.62

1.08

0.83

1.14

1.74

0.89

0.08

0.57

1.79

1.14

90

2.28*

1.89*

1.29*

1.72*

2.26*

0.9*

0.53

0.96

1.03

1.73*

95

2.94*

2.36*

3.04*

2.89*

2.73*

1.53*

1.15

1.4*

1.72*

2.71*

97.5

3.33*

2.78*

3.31*

4.43*

5.08*

2.24*

0.75

2.13*

2.29*

4.38*