Table 4 Age-sex-specific body mass index (BMI) percentiles for Hong Kong in 1993 and 2005/6 and for mainland China in 2005 for children and adolescents aged 7 to 18 y [14]
From: Secular changes in height, weight and body mass index in Hong Kong Children
Age (years) | Hong Kong 1963 | Hong Kong 1993 | Hong Kong 2005/6 | China 2005 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
P85 | P95 | P85 | P95 | P85 | P95 | P85 | P95 | |
Boys | ||||||||
7 | 15.1 | 16.1 | 17.9 | 19.6 | 18.8 | 21.4 | 17.0 | 19.6 |
8 | 15.5 | 16.7 | 18.4 | 20.3 | 19.4 | 22.2 | 17.7 | 20.4 |
9 | 15.5 | 16.6 | 19.1 | 21.2 | 20.1 | 23.1 | 18.4 | 21.3 |
10 | 15.9 | 17.1 | 19.7 | 22.2 | 20.9 | 24.1 | 19.4 | 22.2 |
11 | 16.6 | 18.1 | 20.3 | 23.0 | 21.6 | 25.0 | 20.1 | 23.0 |
12 | 17.2 | 18.9 | 20.8 | 23.7 | 22.3 | 25.7 | 21.0 | 23.9 |
13 | 18.0 | 19.8 | 21.3 | 24.4 | 22.7 | 26.2 | 21.9 | 25.0 |
14 | 18.5 | 20.2 | 21.9 | 25.1 | 23.1 | 26.6 | 22.8 | 25.9 |
15 | 19.2 | 20.9 | 22.3 | 25.6 | 23.5 | 26.9 | 23.5 | 26.8 |
16 | 19.9 | 21.7 | 22.8 | 26.1 | 23.7 | 27.2 | 24.2 | 27.7 |
17 | 20.3 | 22.1 | 23.2 | 26.4 | 23.9 | 27.3 | 25.0 | 28.5 |
18 | 20.5 | 22.2 | 23.4 | 26.6 | 24.1 | 27.3 | 24.8 | 28.2 |
Girls | ||||||||
7 | 14.9 | 15.9 | 17.2 | 19.1 | 17.7 | 19.8 | 16.4 | 18.3 |
8 | 15.1 | 16.2 | 17.6 | 19.6 | 18.3 | 20.6 | 17.0 | 19.0 |
9 | 15.5 | 16.7 | 18.0 | 20.3 | 18.9 | 21.4 | 17.7 | 19.8 |
10 | 15.9 | 17.2 | 18.7 | 21.2 | 19.6 | 22.2 | 18.4 | 20.7 |
11 | 16.6 | 18.1 | 19.5 | 22.3 | 20.3 | 23.1 | 19.1 | 21.8 |
12 | 17.5 | 19.3 | 20.4 | 23.4 | 21.1 | 24.0 | 20.0 | 22.7 |
13 | 18.5 | 20.4 | 21.3 | 24.3 | 21.9 | 24.9 | 20.9 | 23.5 |
14 | 19.5 | 21.5 | 22.1 | 24.8 | 22.5 | 25.5 | 21.9 | 24.4 |
15 | 20.0 | 21.9 | 22.5 | 25.1 | 22.9 | 25.8 | 22.9 | 25.3 |
16 | 20.4 | 22.3 | 22.7 | 25.1 | 23.1 | 26.0 | 23.9 | 26.2 |
17 | 20.5 | 22.3 | 22.8 | 25.2 | 23.2 | 26.0 | 24.4 | 27.0 |
18 | 20.8 | 22.7 | 23.0 | 25.2 | 23.2 | 25.9 | 24.2 | 28.0 |