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Table 2 Percentiles for fasting plasma concentrations of TC, LDL, HDL, non-HDL, and TG in the population-based cohort

From: Dyslipidemia and reference values for fasting plasma lipid concentrations in Danish/North-European White children and adolescents

Age

(years)

 

Girls

Boys

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

TC (mmol/L)

2.5th

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.8

2.6

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.8

2.8

2.7

2.6

2.5

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.5

5th

3.1

3.1

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

2.9

2.9

2.8

2.8

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.8

2.8

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.8

2.6

2.6

2.5

2.5

2.6

2.6

10th

3.3

3.3

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.1

3.1

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.0

3.0

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.0

2.8

2.8

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.8

50th

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

3.9

3.9

3.8

3.8

3.7

3.8

3.8

3.8

3.9

3.7

3.8

3.8

3.9

3.9

3.9

3.9

3.7

3.5

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.5

90th

5.0

5.0

5.0

4.9

4.9

4.8

4.8

4.7

4.6

4.6

4.7

4.7

4.7

4.8

4.6

4.6

4.7

4.8

4.8

4.8

4.8

4.6

4.3

4.2

4.2

4.2

4.2

4.3

95th

5.3

5.3

5.3

5.3

5.2

5.2

5.1

5.0

4.9

4.9

5.0

5.0

5.1

5.1

4.9

4.9

5.0

5.1

5.1

5.1

5.1

4.9

4.6

4.5

4.5

4.4

4.5

4.6

97.5th

5.6

5.6

5.6

5.6

5.5

5.5

5.4

5.3

5.2

5.2

5.3

5.3

5.4

5.4

5.2

5.2

5.3

5.3

5.4

5.4

5.4

5.1

4.9

4.8

4.7

4.7

4.7

4.8

LDL (mmol/L)

2.5th

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

0.9

0.9

0.9

0.9

0.9

1.0

5th

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.0

1.0

1.1

1.1

10th

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.3

1.3

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.3

1.3

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.3

1.3

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

50th

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.1

2.1

2.0

2.0

1.9

1.9

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.1

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

1.9

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.8

90th

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.0

3.0

2.9

2.8

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.8

2.8

2.9

2.7

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.7

2.6

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.6

95th

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.3

3.3

3.2

3.1

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.1

3.1

3.2

3.0

3.0

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.0

2.9

2.8

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.8

2.8

97.5th

3.8

3.7

3.7

3.7

3.6

3.5

3.4

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.4

3.4

3.5

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.3

3.2

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.1

HDL (mmol/L)

2.5th

1.0

1.0

1.0

0.9

0.9

0.9

0.9

0.9

0.9

0.9

0.9

0.9

0.9

0.9

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

0.9

0.9

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.8

5th

1.1

1.1

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.0

1.0

0.9

0.9

0.9

0.8

0.8

0.9

10th

1.2

1.2

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.1

1.1

1.0

1.0

0.9

0.9

0.9

0.9

50th

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.5

1.5

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.5

1.5

1.4

1.3

1.3

1.2

1.2

1.2

90th

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.8

1.8

1.8

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.1

2.1

2.0

2.0

1.9

1.8

1.7

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.6

95th

2.2

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.1

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.1

1.9

1.8

1.8

1.7

1.7

1.8

97.5th

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.3

2.2

2.1

2.0

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

Non-HDL (mmol/L)

2.5th

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.2

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.3

5th

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.6

1.6

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.4

10th

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.8

1.8

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.7

1.7

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.5

1.5

1.6

1.6

50th

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.5

2.5

2.2

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.4

2.4

2.3

2.3

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.2

90th

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.3

3.3

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.3

3.3

3.4

3.4

3.0

3.1

3.1

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.1

3.1

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

95th

3.8

3.8

3.8

3.7

3.7

3.7

3.6

3.5

3.5

3.5

3.6

3.6

3.7

3.8

3.3

3.3

3.4

3.4

3.5

3.5

3.5

3.4

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.2

3.3

3.3

97.5th

4.1

4.1

4.1

4.1

4.0

4.0

3.9

3.9

3.8

3.8

3.9

4.0

4.0

4.1

3.5

3.6

3.6

3.7

3.7

3.7

3.7

3.6

3.6

3.5

3.5

3.5

3.5

3.5

TG (mmol/L)

2.5th

0.2

0.2

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

5th

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.4

10th

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.5

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.4

50th

0.5

0.6

0.6

0.6

0.6

0.6

0.6

0.7

0.7

0.7

0.7

0.7

0.8

0.8

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.6

0.6

0.6

0.6

0.7

0.7

0.7

0.7

90th

0.9

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.3

1.3

1.3

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.9

0.9

1.0

1.0

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.2

1.2

95th

1.1

1.1

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.4

1.4

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.6

0.9

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.1

1.1

1.2

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.4

1.4

1.4

97.5th

1.3

1.3

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.5

1.5

1.6

1.6

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.8

1.8

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.2

1.2

1.3

1.4

1.4

1.5

1.5

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.7

  1. The 2.5th, 5th, 10th, 50th, 90th, 95th, and 97.5th percentile for each age group in girls and boys are presented
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