Table 2.
Distribution of percentiles of BMI according to age and sex
| Age (years) | Males |
Females |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | 5th | 50th | 85th | 95th | Mean | 5th | 50th | 85th | 95th | |
| 18–20 | 19.06 | 15.57 | 18.44 | 22.04 | 25.03 | 19.24 | 15.05 | 18.60 | 22.92 | 25.25 |
| 21–25 | 19.96 | 15.87 | 19.38 | 23.11 | 26.51 | 19.99 | 15.24 | 19.56 | 23.66 | 27.05 |
| 26–30 | 21.40 | 16.43 | 21.13 | 25.25 | 27.54 | 20.86 | 15.20 | 20.25 | 25.14 | 28.43 |
| 31–35 | 22.14 | 16.33 | 21.77 | 25.92 | 28.67 | 22.85 | 16.36 | 22.49 | 27.41 | 30.83 |
| 36–40 | 23.53 | 17.21 | 23.42 | 26.97 | 29.89 | 25.02 | 17.00 | 24.74 | 30.16 | 33.75 |
| 41–45 | 24.12 | 17.51 | 24.28 | 27.75 | 30.11 | 25.20 | 16.76 | 24.82 | 30.49 | 34.01 |
| 46–50 | 23.85 | 17.99 | 23.62 | 27.10 | 30.20 | 24.30 | 16.08 | 24.43 | 29.11 | 32.50 |
| 51–55 | 26.13 | 18.17 | 25.22 | 32.92 | 35.76 | 26.54 | 18.50 | 26.34 | 31.70 | 34.51 |
| 56–60 | 25.12 | 16.99 | 24.86 | 30.51 | 32.24 | 24.25 | 16.39 | 24.30 | 29.68 | 33.44 |
| >60 | 24.05 | 17.53 | 23.70 | 27.99 | 30.82 | 23.66 | 16.15 | 23.73 | 28.38 | 31.16 |
BMI=Body mass indexportions