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Table 1.
Centiles and z scores for overweight and
obesity corresponding to body mass index of 25 kg/m2 and
30 kg/m2 at age 18 years in six datasets, derived from
fitted LMS curves
|
|
| Country |
Males
|
|
Females
|
| Centile |
z score |
% above cut
off point |
Centile |
z
score |
% above cut off point |
|
| Body mass
index 25 kg/m2 |
| Brazil |
95.3 |
1.68 |
4.7 |
|
84.8 |
1.03 |
15.2 |
| Great
Britain |
90.4 |
1.30 |
9.6 |
|
88.3 |
1.19 |
11.7 |
| Hong
Kong |
88.3 |
1.19 |
11.7 |
|
90.2 |
1.29 |
9.8 |
| Netherlands |
94.5 |
1.60 |
5.5 |
|
93.5 |
1.52 |
6.5 |
| Singapore |
89.5 |
1.25 |
10.5 |
|
93.0 |
1.48 |
7.0 |
| United
States |
81.9 |
0.91 |
18.1 |
|
83.5 |
0.97 |
16.5 |
| Body mass index 30 kg/m2 |
| Brazil |
99.9 |
3.05 |
0.1 |
|
98.0 |
2.06 |
2.0 |
| Great
Britain |
99.1 |
2.37 |
0.9 |
|
98.8 |
2.25 |
1.2 |
| Hong
Kong |
96.9 |
1.86 |
3.1 |
|
98.2 |
2.10 |
1.8 |
| Netherlands |
99.7 |
2.71 |
0.3 |
|
99.7 |
2.73 |
0.3 |
| Singapore |
98.3 |
2.12 |
1.7 |
|
99.0 |
2.33 |
1.0 |
| United
States |
96.7 |
1.84 |
3.3 |
|
96.0 |
1.76 |
4.0 |
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