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Table 1 Anthropometric characteristics of the study sample and the Japanese national survey in 2011

From: Development of waist circumference percentiles for Japanese children and an examination of their screening utility for childhood metabolic syndrome: a population-based cross-sectional study

Age (years)

Boys

Girls

n

Height

Weight

Height

Weight

n

Height

Weight

Height

Weight

(National data)

(National data)

4

39

104.8 (3.7)

16.9 (1.6)

ND

ND

23

105.6 (3.5)

17.2 (1.9)

ND

ND

5

61

109.8 (4.2)

18.2 (2.3)

110.5 (4.7)

18.9 (2.6)

59

109.2 (4.6)

18.1 (2.3)

109.5 (4.7)

18.5 (2.5)

6

266

115.9 (4.5)

20.8 (3.0)

116.6 (4.9)

21.3 (3.3)

270

115.5 (4.3)

20.4 (2.5)

115.6 (4.9)

20.8 (3.1)

7

571

121.3 (5.1)

23.3 (3.5)

122.6 (5.3)

24.0 (4.2)

559

120.2 (4.6)

22.2 (2.9)

121.6 (5.1)

23.4 (3.8)

8

628

127.1 (5.1)

26.3 (4.6)

128.2 (5.4)

27.0 (5.0)

624

126.2 (5.1)

25.2 (3.8)

127.4 (5.5)

26.4 (4.7)

9

635

132.3 (5.4)

29.5 (5.7)

133.5 (5.7)

30.3 (6.0)

606

132.4 (6.1)

28.8 (5.1)

133.5 (6.2)

29.8 (5.8)

10

610

137.4 (6.1)

32.7 (6.4)

138.8 (6.1)

33.8 (7.3)

588

139.3 (6.7)

32.9 (6.3)

140.2 (6.8)

34.0 (6.9)

11

602

143.7 (6.7)

37.4 (8.1)

145.0 (7.1)

38.0 (8.2)

583

145.5 (6.6)

37.2 (7.0)

146.7 (6.7)

38.8 (7.8)

12

222

149.4 (7.8)

41.7 (9.8)

152.3 (8.0)

43.8 (9.7)

224

149.8 (5.9)

40.4 (7.0)

151.9 (5.9)

43.6 (8.1)

  1. n Number of participants, ND No data, values are presented as means (SD)