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Table 3 L, M, and S values, and percentiles of HDL cholesterol [mmol/L] by age and sex for Canadian children and youth aged 6 to 19 years

From: Percentile curves for cardiometabolic disease markers in Canadian children and youth: a cross-sectional study

Sex

Age

n

L

M

S

3rd

10th

25th

50th

75th

90th

97th

Female

6

203

0.6653

1.2995

0.2301

0.78

0.94

1.10

1.30

1.51

1.70

1.90

7

184

0.5810

1.3513

0.2315

0.82

0.98

1.15

1.35

1.57

1.78

1.99

8

215

0.4894

1.3925

0.2317

0.85

1.01

1.18

1.39

1.62

1.84

2.07

9

233

0.4025

1.4128

0.2304

0.88

1.03

1.20

1.41

1.64

1.87

2.11

10

256

0.3317

1.4069

0.2269

0.89

1.04

1.20

1.41

1.63

1.86

2.10

11

283

0.2946

1.3835

0.2222

0.89

1.03

1.19

1.38

1.60

1.82

2.05

12

187

0.2932

1.3527

0.2180

0.87

1.01

1.16

1.35

1.56

1.77

1.99

13

178

0.2666

1.3372

0.2152

0.87

1.00

1.15

1.34

1.54

1.74

1.96

14

170

0.1991

1.3404

0.2145

0.88

1.01

1.16

1.34

1.55

1.75

1.98

15

175

0.1202

1.3502

0.2156

0.89

1.02

1.17

1.35

1.56

1.77

2.01

16

178

0.0477

1.3590

0.2180

0.90

1.03

1.17

1.36

1.57

1.79

2.04

17

186

−0.0261

1.3764

0.2213

0.91

1.04

1.19

1.38

1.60

1.83

2.09

18

168

−0.0758

1.4019

0.2258

0.92

1.05

1.20

1.40

1.63

1.88

2.16

19

152

−0.0551

1.4209

0.2316

0.92

1.06

1.22

1.42

1.66

1.92

2.21

Male

6

203

0.8228

1.4346

0.2226

0.86

1.04

1.22

1.43

1.65

1.85

2.06

7

211

0.6385

1.4440

0.2207

0.89

1.06

1.23

1.44

1.66

1.87

2.09

8

232

0.4626

1.4509

0.2215

0.91

1.07

1.24

1.45

1.68

1.89

2.12

9

239

0.3069

1.4533

0.2256

0.92

1.07

1.24

1.45

1.69

1.92

2.17

10

263

0.1937

1.4465

0.2296

0.92

1.07

1.24

1.45

1.68

1.93

2.19

11

277

0.1465

1.4230

0.2297

0.91

1.05

1.22

1.42

1.66

1.90

2.16

12

207

0.1687

1.3827

0.2281

0.89

1.02

1.18

1.38

1.61

1.84

2.09

13

207

0.2352

1.3335

0.2266

0.85

0.99

1.14

1.33

1.55

1.77

2.00

14

205

0.3157

1.2882

0.2251

0.82

0.95

1.10

1.29

1.49

1.70

1.92

15

184

0.3915

1.2523

0.2244

0.79

0.92

1.07

1.25

1.45

1.64

1.85

16

208

0.4549

1.2270

0.2256

0.77

0.90

1.05

1.23

1.42

1.61

1.81

17

183

0.4843

1.2122

0.2260

0.75

0.89

1.03

1.21

1.40

1.59

1.78

18

144

0.4698

1.2062

0.2245

0.75

0.89

1.03

1.21

1.40

1.58

1.77

19

139

0.4299

1.2084

0.2234

0.76

0.89

1.03

1.21

1.40

1.58

1.78

  1. Abbreviations: L lambda (skewness); M mu (mean); S sigma (variance)