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Table 3 Age- and sex-specific waist circumference percentile values (cm) for Hong Kong Chinese children 6 to 18 y of age

From: Waist circumference and waist-to-height ratio of Hong Kong Chinese children

			Percentiles
Sex	Age	n	3^rd	5^th	10^th	25^th	50^th	75^th	90^th	95^th	97^th
Boys	6	402	43.8	44.8	46.2	49.0	52.5	57.1	63.4	67.3	73.0
	7	520	45.0	46.2	47.4	50.3	53.9	58.5	65.0	69.1	74.8
	8	572	46.2	47.5	48.7	51.6	55.3	60.0	66.6	70.9	76.6
	9	629	47.7	49.0	50.2	53.2	57.0	61.8	68.5	72.8	78.7
	10	627	49.3	50.6	51.9	55.0	58.8	63.8	70.6	74.9	81.1
	11	644	50.8	52.0	53.4	56.5	60.4	65.5	72.5	76.7	83.1
	12	729	52.0	53.3	54.6	57.8	61.8	66.9	74.0	78.3	84.7
	13	657	53.1	54.5	55.8	59.0	63.0	68.2	75.3	79.8	86.1
	14	632	54.3	55.7	57.0	60.3	64.3	69.6	76.8	81.3	87.7
	15	558	55.5	56.9	58.3	61.6	65.7	71.0	78.3	82.8	89.3
	16	579	56.7	58.1	59.4	62.8	66.9	72.3	79.6	84.1	90.7
	17	553	57.6	59.1	60.4	63.8	68.0	73.4	80.7	85.3	91.8
	18	370	58.4	60.0	61.2	64.6	68.8	74.2	81.6	86.3	92.7
Girls	6	377	43.3	44.2	45.2	47.5	50.3	53.8	58.4	61.5	64.9
	7	479	44.6	45.5	46.5	48.9	51.7	55.3	60.0	63.1	66.7
	8	504	45.9	46.9	47.9	50.3	53.2	56.8	61.6	64.8	68.5
	9	590	47.2	48.3	49.3	51.7	54.7	58.4	63.4	66.6	70.4
	10	584	48.6	49.7	50.7	53.2	56.2	60.1	65.1	68.4	72.4
	11	599	50.0	51.1	52.2	54.7	57.8	61.7	66.9	70.1	74.3
	12	750	51.3	52.3	53.4	56.0	59.2	63.1	68.4	71.7	76.0
	13	637	52.3	53.4	54.5	57.1	60.3	64.3	69.7	72.9	77.4
	14	656	53.0	54.2	55.3	57.9	61.1	65.2	70.6	73.8	78.4
	15	600	53.6	54.8	55.8	58.5	61.7	65.8	71.3	74.4	79.2
	16	640	54.0	55.2	56.2	58.9	62.2	66.3	71.8	74.8	79.7
	17	568	54.3	55.6	56.6	59.3	62.6	66.7	72.2	75.1	80.2
	18	386	54.6	55.9	56.9	59.6	62.9	67.1	72.6	75.4	80.6

Age: completed age, e.g. 6 y = 6.00–6.99 y

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