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Table 3 Smoothed age- and sex-specific percentile values of WHtR for Colombian children and adolescents aged 9–17.9 years

From: Using LMS tables to determine waist circumference and waist-to-height ratios in Colombian children and adolescents: the FUPRECOL study

	n	M	SD	P₃	P₁₀	P₂₅	P₅₀	P₇₅	P₉₀	P₉₇
Boys
9 to 9.9	258	0.455	0.044	0.395	0.409	0.424	0.447	0.483	0.516	0.553
10 to 10.9	466	0.450	0.052	0.383	0.398	0.418	0.442	0.477	0.519	0.567
11 to 11.9	445	0.448	0.047	0.374	0.399	0.417	0.438	0.472	0.513	0.553
12 to 12.9	404	0.440	0.047	0.373	0.390	0.409	0.429	0.461	0.509	0.557
13 to 13.9	401	0.429	0.048	0.370	0.385	0.401	0.419	0.446	0.489	0.550
14 to 14.9	443	0.423	0.043	0.362	0.381	0.394	0.413	0.443	0.483	0.533
15 to 15.9	426	0.424	0.042	0.367	0.379	0.396	0.416	0.442	0.482	0.528
16 to 16.9	365	0.424	0.045	0.364	0.380	0.399	0.420	0.441	0.484	0.524
17 to 17.9	252	0.430	0.044	0.370	0.386	0.402	0.421	0.453	0.491	0.530
Total	3460	0.436	0.048	0.370	0.388	0.404	0.427	0.457	0.501	0.546
Girls
9 to 9.9	308	0.441	0.041	0.378	0.394	0.413	0.435	0.465	0.495	0.541
10 to 10.9	659	0.439	0.047	0.373	0.390	0.408	0.429	0.463	0.501	0.549
11 to 11.9	645	0.432	0.044	0.370	0.386	0.402	0.427	0.456	0.491	0.531
12 to 12.9	549	0.426	0.044	0.360	0.376	0.395	0.421	0.450	0.484	0.532
13 to 13.9	472	0.427	0.046	0.352	0.376	0.398	0.424	0.452	0.482	0.537
14 to 14.9	609	0.436	0.052	0.364	0.385	0.403	0.430	0.464	0.501	0.549
15 to 15.9	504	0.440	0.046	0.366	0.387	0.411	0.435	0.468	0.498	0.538
16 to 16.9	450	0.440	0.049	0.363	0.388	0.410	0.434	0.467	0.497	0.552
17 to 17.9	296	0.444	0.050	0.371	0.389	0.410	0.434	0.473	0.512	0.562
Total	4494	0.436	0.047	0.365	0.385	0.405	0.429	0.461	0.496	0.539

M mean, SD standard deviation, P percentile

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