Table 1.

Sample Sizes and Descriptive Characteristics from the Children According to Gender and Age

Age	BMI	z-BMI	BMI Percentile	N
Boys
6.00	17.37 ± 2.93	0.75 ± 1.13	67.76 ± 25.48	30
7.00	16.70 ± 2.54	0.51 ± .91	63.68 ± 25.62	38
8.00	17.63 ± 2.35	0.48 ± 1.31	66.67 ± 29.24	35
9.00	19.57 ± 3.15	0.76 ± .92	71.25 ± 26.23	19
10.00	20.01 ± 4.03	0.87 ± 1.08	72.79 ± 27.06	21
11.00	20.85 ± 6.16	0.33 ± 1.31	59.42 ± 34.76	14
12.00	19.32 ± 2.78	0.31 ± .85	59.86 ± 25.97	11
All Boys	18.39 ± 3.71	0.61 ± 1.08	66.88 ± 27.11	168
Girls
6.00	16.69 ± 2.66	0.51 ± 1.08	64.81 ± 29.32	33
7.00	17.60 ± 2.64	0.58 ± .89	67.9 ± 24.29	24
8.00	18.66 ± 2.92	0.69 ± .99	68.75 ± 28.42	27
9.00	19.93 ± 3.30	0.87 ± .94	74.87 ± 26.05	23
10.00	18.80 ± 4.15	0.22 ± 1.41	58.87 ± 32.42	22
11.00	20.72 ± 3.71	0.78 ± .93	73.31 ± 26.33	15
12.00	20.46 ± 3.19	0.48 ± .78	65.63 ± 26.59	18
All Girls	18.82 ± 3.60	0.61 ± 1.05	67.99 ± 27.98	162
All Children	18.60 ± 3.66	0.61 ± 1.07	67.42 ± 27.50	330

Data are means ± Standard Deviation