Table 2 BMI percentile by age and gender (School children: 6–17.9 years old)
BMI percentiles | BMI percentiles | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Boys | Girls | |||||||||||
Age (years) | 3 | 10 | 50 | 90 | 95 | 97 | 3 | 10 | 50 | 90 | 95 | 97 |
6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19.4 | 19.4 | 27.9 | 36.4 | 36.4 | 36.4 |
7 | 13.3 | 13.8 | 16.9 | 22.5 | 23.2 | 23.3 | 12.1 | 12.9 | 15.3 | 25.1 | 25.6 | 25.6 |
8 | 13.3 | 13.8 | 17.5 | 22.5 | 24.1 | 24.4 | 12.5 | 13.8 | 16.4 | 22.2 | 25.9 | 28.5 |
9 | 12.3 | 14.9 | 16.3 | 22.3 | 24.6 | 25.7 | 12.7 | 13.5 | 18.6 | 23.5 | 24.8 | 27.7 |
10 | 13.2 | 13.9 | 18.3 | 23.3 | 25.6 | 25.8 | 13.8 | 15.4 | 18.0 | 23.4 | 24.2 | 25.8 |
11 | 11.6 | 15.8 | 18.8 | 26.3 | 28.6 | 30.9 | 13.6 | 14.5 | 18.1 | 22.8 | 24.7 | 28.1 |
12 | 14.8 | 15.9 | 18.9 | 24.3 | 27.8 | 27.8 | 14.9 | 15.8 | 18.4 | 23.8 | 26.3 | 26.3 |
13 | 14.4 | 16.2 | 20.0 | 29.0 | 34.7 | 35.6 | 12.9 | 16.9 | 20.5 | 26.2 | 28.1 | 28.1 |
14 | 16.3 | 17.0 | 20.4 | 27.6 | 31.2 | 31.2 | 16.5 | 17.1 | 20.0 | 23.7 | 24.1 | 24.7 |
15 | 16.6 | 17.2 | 20.8 | 26.7 | 29.0 | 30.9 | 16.1 | 17.6 | 19.8 | 24.5 | 32.1 | 35.6 |
16 | 15.1 | 16.7 | 20.3 | 26.3 | 27.9 | 28.2 | 15.2 | 16.5 | 21.6 | 25.4 | 29.9 | 30.4 |
17 | 16.5 | 17.9 | 22.2 | 29.0 | 35.6 | 36.9 | 17.3 | 17.4 | 19.9 | 27.5 | 30.4 | 30.4 |