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Table 2 Body mass index of Iranian children, aged 10–19 years (CASPIAN-III Study) relative to the USCDC2000[14]and WHO2007[13]references

From: First growth curves based on the World Health Organization reference in a Nationally-Representative Sample of Pediatric Population in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA): the CASPIAN-III study

Reference

N

Mean

SD

Min

Max

Boys

     

WHO 2007

6227

19.33

2.04

16.40

22.20

USCDC2000

6227

19.50

2.01

16.62

22.48

CASPIAN-III

2715

19.02

1.26

17.75

21.31

Girls

     

WHO 2007

6227

19.48

1.74

16.60

21.40

USCDC2000

6227

19.44

1.25

17.94

21.33

CASPIAN-III

2715

19.51

1.50

16.60

21.54