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Table 4 Body fat percentiles according to gender and age group

From: Body fat percentiles of Brazilian adolescents according to age and sexual maturation: a cross-sectional study

Gender

Age group (years)

3th

5th

10th

15th

25th

50th

75th

85th

90th

95th

97th

Boys

10–12 (n = 1082)

8.6

9.4

10.4

11.6

13.4

18.2

26.1

29.9

31.6

35.1

39.0

13–15 (n = 909)

8.4

9.5

10.5

11.4

13.1

16.4

22.3

27.6

29.7

33.5

37.7

Girls

10–12 (n = 1311)

9.5

10.4

12.1

13.4

15.5

19.6

25.1

28.1

31.1

35.4

37.3

 

13–15 (n = 1098)

11.4

12.4

14.7

16.2

18.1

22.4

26.3

29.2

32.3

35.4

37.1