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Table 4 Age- and gender-specific smoothed waist-height ratio (WHtR) 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)	0.40	0.41	0.42	0.44	0.46	0.49	0.52	0.54	0.56
6 years (72-83 months)	0.40	0.40	0.41	0.43	0.46	0.49	0.52	0.54	0.56
7 years (84-95 months)	0.39	0.39	0.40	0.43	0.45	0.48	0.52	0.54	0.56
8 years (96-107 months)	0.38	0.39	0.40	0.42	0.45	0.48	0.52	0.54	0.56
9 years (108-119 months)	0.37	0.38	0.39	0.42	0.45	0.48	0.52	0.54	0.56
10 years (120-131 months)	0.37	0.37	0.39	0.41	0.44	0.48	0.52	0.54	0.56
11 years (132-143 months)	0.36	0.37	0.38	0.41	0.44	0.48	0.52	0.54	0.56
12 years (144-155 months)	0.35	0.36	0.38	0.40	0.44	0.48	0.52	0.54	0.56
Girls (n = 883)
5 years (61-71 months)	0.39	0.40	0.41	0.43	0.45	0.48	0.51	0.53	0.54
6 years (72-83 months)	0.39	0.39	0.41	0.43	0.45	0.48	0.51	0.53	0.55
7 years (84-95 months)	0.38	0.39	0.40	0.43	0.45	0.48	0.52	0.54	0.56
8 years (96-107 months)	0.38	0.39	0.40	0.42	0.45	0.49	0.52	0.55	0.57
9 years (108-119 months)	0.38	0.38	0.40	0.42	0.45	0.49	0.53	0.55	0.58
10 years (120-131 months)	0.37	0.38	0.39	0.41	0.44	0.48	0.53	0.56	0.58
11 years (132-143 months)	0.36	0.37	0.38	0.41	0.44	0.48	0.53	0.56	0.59
12 years (144-155 months)	0.35	0.36	0.37	0.40	0.43	0.47	0.52	0.56	0.60

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