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Table 4 Age and sex specific percentiles of waist circumference/height ratio (WHTR) for Hong Kong Chinese children 6–18 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	0.39	0.39	0.40	0.42	0.45	0.48	0.52	0.55	0.57
	7	520	0.38	0.39	0.40	0.41	0.44	0.47	0.51	0.54	0.57
	8	572	0.37	0.38	0.39	0.41	0.43	0.47	0.51	0.54	0.56
	9	629	0.37	0.37	0.38	0.40	0.43	0.46	0.50	0.53	0.55
	10	627	0.36	0.37	0.38	0.40	0.42	0.45	0.49	0.52	0.55
	11	644	0.36	0.36	0.37	0.39	0.42	0.45	0.49	0.52	0.54
	12	729	0.35	0.36	0.37	0.39	0.41	0.44	0.48	0.51	0.53
	13	657	0.35	0.35	0.36	0.38	0.40	0.44	0.47	0.50	0.53
	14	632	0.34	0.35	0.36	0.38	0.40	0.43	0.47	0.50	0.52
	15	558	0.34	0.35	0.35	0.37	0.40	0.43	0.47	0.50	0.52
	16	579	0.34	0.34	0.35	0.37	0.40	0.43	0.47	0.50	0.52
	17	553	0.34	0.34	0.35	0.37	0.39	0.43	0.46	0.50	0.52
	18	370	0.34	0.34	0.35	0.37	0.39	0.43	0.46	0.50	0.52
Girls	6	377	0.38	0.38	0.39	0.41	0.43	0.46	0.49	0.51	0.52
	7	479	0.37	0.38	0.39	0.40	0.42	0.45	0.48	0.50	0.52
	8	504	0.37	0.37	0.38	0.40	0.42	0.44	0.47	0.49	0.51
	9	590	0.36	0.37	0.38	0.39	0.41	0.44	0.47	0.49	0.50
	10	584	0.36	0.36	0.37	0.39	0.41	0.43	0.46	0.48	0.50
	11	599	0.35	0.36	0.37	0.38	0.40	0.43	0.46	0.48	0.50
	12	750	0.35	0.35	0.36	0.38	0.40	0.42	0.45	0.47	0.49
	13	637	0.35	0.35	0.36	0.37	0.39	0.42	0.45	0.47	0.49
	14	656	0.34	0.35	0.36	0.37	0.39	0.42	0.45	0.47	0.49
	15	600	0.34	0.35	0.36	0.37	0.39	0.42	0.45	0.47	0.49
	16	640	0.34	0.35	0.36	0.37	0.39	0.42	0.45	0.47	0.49
	17	568	0.34	0.35	0.36	0.37	0.39	0.42	0.45	0.47	0.49
	18	386	0.34	0.35	0.36	0.37	0.39	0.42	0.45	0.47	0.49

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

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