Table 2 Smoothed age- and sex-specific percentile of WC (cm) for Colombian children and adolescents aged 9–17.9 years
n | M | SD | P3 | P10 | P25 | P50 | P75 | P90 | P97 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Boys | ||||||||||
9 to 9.9 | 258 | 60.8 | 6.7 | 51.2 | 54.0 | 56.2 | 59.4 | 64.3 | 69.9 | 75.4 |
10 to 10.9 | 466 | 61.7 | 8.0 | 51.6 | 53.5 | 56.7 | 60.3 | 65.9 | 72.4 | 79.0 |
11 to 11.9 | 445 | 63.5 | 7.6 | 53.4 | 56.0 | 58.1 | 62.0 | 67.0 | 75.5 | 82.1 |
12 to 12.9 | 404 | 64.7 | 7.5 | 54.0 | 56.5 | 60.0 | 63.3 | 69.0 | 75.7 | 83.3 |
13 to 13.9 | 401 | 65.8 | 7.7 | 54.6 | 58.5 | 61.2 | 64.6 | 69.3 | 75.3 | 85.5 |
14 to 14.9 | 443 | 67.1 | 7.1 | 56.4 | 60.0 | 62.5 | 65.7 | 70.6 | 76.7 | 86.2 |
15 to 15.9 | 426 | 69.2 | 6.7 | 59.1 | 62.0 | 64.5 | 68.1 | 72.1 | 78.3 | 86.1 |
16 to 16.9 | 365 | 70.6 | 7.1 | 59.5 | 63.2 | 66.6 | 70.0 | 74.0 | 78.6 | 87.7 |
17 to 17.9 | 252 | 72.1 | 7.4 | 61.0 | 64.7 | 67.6 | 71.2 | 75.4 | 82.3 | 88.7 |
Total | 3460 | 66.0 | 8.1 | 53.6 | 56.5 | 60.5 | 65.3 | 70.5 | 76.5 | 84.1 |
Girls | ||||||||||
9 to 9.9 | 308 | 59.3 | 6.6 | 50.1 | 52.0 | 54.4 | 58.0 | 63.4 | 68.8 | 74.5 |
10 to 10.9 | 659 | 60.9 | 7.4 | 50.8 | 53.0 | 55.8 | 59.6 | 64.6 | 71.0 | 79.0 |
11 to 11.9 | 645 | 62.1 | 6.7 | 52.5 | 54.8 | 57.4 | 60.8 | 66.0 | 71.0 | 76.7 |
12 to 12.9 | 549 | 63.2 | 6.9 | 53.0 | 55.8 | 58.2 | 61.9 | 67.0 | 72.5 | 79.1 |
13 to 13.9 | 472 | 65.2 | 7.3 | 53.6 | 57.1 | 60.3 | 64.3 | 69.4 | 74.3 | 82.0 |
14 to 14.9 | 609 | 67.3 | 8.0 | 55.2 | 59.0 | 62.5 | 66.9 | 72.0 | 77.0 | 82.9 |
15 to 15.9 | 504 | 68.5 | 7.1 | 57.0 | 60.5 | 64.2 | 67.5 | 72.3 | 77.0 | 86.0 |
16 to 16.9 | 450 | 68.7 | 7.7 | 57.3 | 60.7 | 63.8 | 68.0 | 72.9 | 78.3 | 85.2 |
17 to 17.9 | 296 | 69.5 | 7.7 | 58.0 | 61.0 | 64.5 | 68.5 | 73.3 | 79.4 | 88.9 |
Total | 4494 | 64.8 | 8.0 | 52.2 | 55.5 | 59.0 | 64.0 | 69.5 | 75.1 | 81.9 |