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. 2023 Dec 21;80(1):29–36. doi: 10.1159/000535216

Table 2.

Anthropometric data: BMI-SDS quartiles and %BF quartiles

BMI-SDS %BF
Q1 (IQR) Q2 (IQR) Q3 (IQR) Q4 (IQR) Q1 (IQR) Q2 (IQR) Q3 (IQR) Q4 (IQR)
N 23,646 23,647 23,646 23,647 23,647 23,646 23,647 23,646
Age, years 12.7 (11.3; 13.8) 12.6 (11.0; 13.9) 12.6* (10.7; 13.9) 11.9* (8.8; 13.9) 13.0 (10.3; 14.2) 12.5* (10.7; 13.8) 12.3* (10.7; 13.7) 12.3* (10.6; 13.7)
Male, % 45.5* 47.9* 49.8* 49.9* 77.6* 48.5* 38.9* 28.2*
Migration background, % 11.4* 14.0* 17.5* 20.5 11.8 13.9* 16.8* 21.1*
Weight-SDS 1.4 (1.2–1.7) 1.8* (1.6–2.0) 2.1* (1.9–2.3) 2.6* (2.4–2.9) 1.7 (1.4–2.1) 1.8* (1.4–2.1) 2.0* (1.7–2.3) 2.4* (2.1–2.7)
Height-SDS 0.4 (−0.2 to 1.1) 0.6* (−0.1 to 1.3) 0.7* (0.1–1.4) 1.0* (0.2–1.7) 0.9 (0.2–1.6) 0.9* (0.0–1.3) 0.6* (−0.1 to 1.3) 0.6* (−0.2 to 1.3)
BMI, kg/m2 25.7 (24.2; 26.9) 28.0 (26.1; 29.4) 30.8 (28.2; 32.3) 34.2 (28.7; 37.1) 26.0 (23.4; 28.0) 26.8 (24.8; 29.1) 28.8 (26.6; 31.3) 32.9 (30.2; 36.3)
BMI-SDS 1.54 (1.70; 2.30) 1.85* (1.70; 2.30) 2.14* (1.70; 2.30) 2.52* (1.70; 2.30) 1.65 (1.50; 1.90) 1.81* (1.61; 2.02) 2.05* (1.86; 2.23) 2.40* (2.22; 2.60)
%BF 36.0 (33.9; 37.9) 38.5* (36.5; 40.5) 41.1* (39.0; 43.1) 44.1* (41.0; 46.6) 34.3 (32.6; 35.5) 38.0* (37.2; 38.7) 40.9* (40.1; 41.7) 44.9* (43.6; 46.7)
Fat mass, kg 23.0 (19.9; 25.5) 27.3* (23.0; 30.3) 32.3* (26.5; 35.9) 38.3* (24.3; 44.9) 23.3 (17.1; 27.4) 25.2* (20.3; 29.9) 28.7* (23.5; 34.2) 36.1* (29.8; 43.1)

*p value <0.05 compared to Q1; p values with Bonferroni-Holm correction for repeated testing. SDS, standard deviation score.