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Table 1 Data Inputs Required and Results Output

From: BMI-for-age graphs with severe obesity percentile curves: tools for plotting cross-sectional and longitudinal youth BMI data

 

File Name

File Format

Variable Name

Description

Data Inputs

BMI_Data

Excel Spreadsheet (.xlsx or.xls)

ID

numeric

Sex

F, M, female, or male

Age_y

age in years

Height_cm

height in cm

Weight_kg

weight in kg

BMI

kg/m 2 ; needed only if height or weight is not provided

Results Output

BMI_Results

Excel Comma Separated Values (.csv)

BMI_kgm2

BMI in kg/m2

BMI_pct

BMI percentile

BMI_z

BMI z-score

BMI_95

BMI as a percent of the 95th percentile

Weight_status

underweight, healthy weight, overweight, obese class 1, severe obesity class 2, severe obesity class 3