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Centiles and z scores for overweight corresponding to body mass index of 25 kg/m2 at age 18 years in six datasets, derived from fitted LMS curves
| Country | Males
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Females
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centile | z score | % above cut off point | Centile | z score | % above cut off point | ||
| Brazil | 95.3 | 1.68 | 4.7 | 84.8 | 1.03 | 15.2 | |
| Great Britain | 90.4 | 1.30 | 9.6 | 88.3 | 1.19 | 11.7 | |
| Hong Kong | 88.3 | 1.19 | 11.7 | 90.2 | 1.29 | 9.8 | |
| Netherlands | 94.5 | 1.60 | 5.5 | 93.5 | 1.52 | 6.5 | |
| Singapore | 89.5 | 1.25 | 10.5 | 93.0 | 1.48 | 7.0 | |
| United States | 81.9 | 0.91 | 18.1 | 83.5 | 0.97 | 16.5 | |
