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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of physical characteristics of participants

From: Diagnostic accuracy of different body weight and height-based definitions of childhood obesity in identifying overfat among Chinese children and adolescents: a cross-sectional study

 

Boys (n = 1135)

Girls (n = 999)

 

Mean ± SD

5th percentile

95th percentile

Mean ± SD

5th percentile

95th percentile

Age (year)

13.7 ± 2.9

9.4

18.4

13.9 ± 2.7

9.4

17.8

Body height (cm)

159.6 ± 14.5

133.0

179.0

152.7 ± 10.0

132.0

166.0

Body weight (kg)

53.4 ± 15.5

29.5

80.5

46.9 ± 11.9

28.7

66.9

BMI (kg/m2)

20.6 ± 4.0

15.3

28.5

19.9 ± 3.7

15.1

26.6

%BF (%)

19.9 ± 8.8

8.8

37.0

28.1 ± 7.1

18.4

41.1