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Table 3 Comparison of the body fat (BMI and WC) of young university students of both sexes by percentile during 2007, 2010, and 2013

From: Changes in abdominal obesity in Chilean university students stratified by body mass index

Years

n

 

BMI (kg/m2)

 

WC (cm)

Centiles

5

15

50

85

95

5

15

50

85

95

Males

 2007

373

20.0

21.0

24.0

27.6

30.9

71.0

75.0

83.0

90.0

100.1

 2010

252

20.0

21.0

23.7

26.8

29.5

71.0

75.0

82.0

90.0

100.3

 2013

153

20.0

21.0

23.9

28.7

33.2

76.0

80.0

88.0

99.0

109.3

 a) Log 2007/2010

--

0.0

0.0

−0.5

−1.3

−2.0

0.0

0.0

−0.5

0.0

0.1

 b) Log 2007/2013

--

0.0

0.0

−0.2

1.7

3.1

3.0

2.8

2.5

4.1

3,8

 c) Log 2010/2013

--

0.0

0.0

0.4

3.0

5.1

3.0

2.8

3.1

4.1

3,7

Females

 2007

314

19.0

20.3

22.7

25.6

27.9

64.0

68.0

75.0

85.0

90.0

 2010

328

19.0

20.0

22.2

26.0

30.4

64.8

68.0

75.1

86.0

93.3

 2013

178

19.0

20.5

23.3

27.0

31.5

69.0

73.0

82.5

93.2

103.1

 a) Log 2007/2010

--

0.0

−0.6

−1.0

0.7

3.7

0.5

0.0

0.1

0.5

1.6

 b) Log 2007/2013

--

0.0

0.4

1.1

2.3

5.3

3.3

3.1

4.1

4.0

5.9

 c) Log 2010/2013

--

0.0

1.1

2.1

1.6

1.5

2.7

3.1

4.1

3.5

4.3

  1. Log logarithm, a = 100 log(percentile of 2007 /calculated percentile 2010), b = 100 log(percentile of 2007 /calculated percentile 2013), c = 100 log(percentile of 2010 /calculated percentile 2013)