Table 3 Incidence of four weight status categories (underweight, normal weight, overweight and obesity) using age- and gender-specific BMI cut-offs from CDC, IOTF, WHO and the study group in the girls of Northern Punjab; (n = 1355), Central Punjab; (n = n = 6580) and Southern Punjab; (n = 2115). ^*p<0.05 vs CDC reference; ^#p<0.05 vs IOTF reference; ^€p<0.05 vs WHO reference; ^αp<0.05 vs Northern Punjab reference; ^δp<0.05 vs Central Punjab reference. All analysis was conducted for all the age groups and weight status, using two-sample t-test between percent values

From: BMI status relative to international and national growth references among Pakistani school-age girls