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Table 3 Age- and gender-specific smoothed waist-hip ratio (WHR) percentiles for Pakistani primary school children aged five to twelve years (n = 1860)

From: Waist circumference, waist-hip ratio and waist-height ratio percentiles and central obesity among Pakistani children aged five to twelve years

	Percentiles
	3^rd	5^th	10^th	25^th	50^th	75^th	90^th	95^th	97^th
Boys (n = 977)
5 years (61-71 months)	0.82	0.83	0.84	0.86	0.89	0.92	0.94	0.96	0.97
6 years (72-83 months)	0.81	0.82	0.84	0.86	0.89	0.92	0.94	0.96	0.97
7 years (84-95 months)	0.80	0.81	0.83	0.86	0.88	0.91	0.94	0.96	0.97
8 years (96-107 months)	0.80	0.81	0.82	0.85	0.88	0.91	0.94	0.96	0.97
9 years (108-119 months)	0.79	0.80	0.82	0.85	0.88	0.91	0.94	0.96	0.97
10 years (120-131 months)	0.78	0.79	0.81	0.84	0.88	0.91	0.94	0.96	0.97
11 years (132-143 months)	0.77	0.79	0.81	0.84	0.88	0.91	0.94	0.96	0.97
12 years (144-155 months)	0.77	0.78	0.80	0.84	0.87	0.91	0.94	0.96	0.97
Girls (n = 883)
5 years (61-71 months)	0.76	0.77	0.79	0.82	0.85	0.89	0.93	0.95	0.97
6 years (72-83 months)	0.76	0.77	0.79	0.82	0.86	0.9	0.93	0.96	0.97
7 years (84-95 months)	0.76	0.77	0.79	0.82	0.86	0.9	0.94	0.96	0.98
8 years (96-107 months)	0.75	0.76	0.78	0.82	0.86	0.9	0.94	0.97	0.98
9 years (108-119 months)	0.75	0.76	0.78	0.81	0.85	0.89	0.93	0.96	0.98
10 years (120-131 months)	0.73	0.74	0.76	0.79	0.83	0.88	0.92	0.95	0.97
11 years (132-143 months)	0.72	0.73	0.74	0.78	0.82	0.86	0.90	0.93	0.95
12 years (144-155 months)	0.70	0.71	0.73	0.76	0.80	0.84	0.89	0.92	0.94

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