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Table 1 Anthropometric details of Grade 4 learners (n = 1785)

From: Anthropometric profiles of 8–11 year old children from a low-income setting in South Africa

 

Mean (±SD)

n (%)

Sex

 Boys

918 (51.4)

 Girls

867 (48.6)

Age (years)

9.5 (±0.7)

Head circumference (cm)

48.7 (±9.2)

Height (cm)

132.8 (±6.7)

Weight (kg)

34.8 (±10.6)

BMI (kg/m2)

19.9 (±5.9)

BMI Categories

  < 3rd percentile

65 (3.6)

 3rd-15th percentile

157 (8.8)

 15th -50th percentile

503 (28.2)

 50th – 85th percentile

573 (32.1)

  > 95th percentile

487 (27.3)