Table 1 BMI-for-age and height-for-age z-score for Iranian students aged 10–14 and 15–19 years according to WHO growth standards 2007[13]

Combined

10-14

2460

2

6.1

−0.42

1.19

2

8.2

22.8

7.6

0.8

−0.10

1.42

15-19

2970

1

4.3

−0.41

1.03

1.4

6.4

17.8

4.7

0.2

−0.15

1.26

Males

10-14

1250

1.7

6.3

−0.41

1.18

2.2

8.3

22.4

9.1

1.3

−0.12

1.05

15-19

1465

1

5

−0.36

1.05

2.2

8.7

17.5

5.9

0.3

−0.24

1.34

Females

10-14

1210

2.4

6

−0.42

1.19

1.8

8.1

23.2

6.3

0.4

−0.09

1.37

15-19

1505

1

3.7

−0.45

1.01

0.6

4.1

18.1

3.5

0.2

−0.06

1.18