Fig. 5
From: Novel type of references for BMI aligned for onset of puberty – using the QEPS growth model
Median total, basic, and puberty-specific BMI gain (in kg/m2, top; in SDS with 95% CI, bottom) relative to the onset of puberty for girls (red at the top) and boys (blue at the bottom) according to height at the onset of puberty: tall, > + 1.5 SDS (− − −) and short, <− 1.5 SDS (− − −). Median total BMI (QEPS-functions, left panels), basic BMI growth (QES-functions, middle panels), and specific pubertal BMI growth (P-function, right panels) from the GrowUp1974Gothenburg cohort. Curves are aligned for age at onset of pubertal growth spurt. Data are visualized alongside the new reference for median total BMI (thick red or blue solid lines) and ± 2SDS (red/blue dotted lines)