Table 4.
Distribution of percentiles of body mass index among Bahraini girls and boys aged 6-18 years (2000-2001) compared to WHO growth reference for 2007.14
| Age (y) | BMI Percentiles (kg/m2) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Girls | Boys | |||||||||||
| Total | n | 5 | 50 | 85 | 95 | Total | n | 5 | 50 | 85 | 95 | |
| 6 | 51 | 50 | 12.2 (13.1) | 14.2 (15.3) | 17.1 (17.1) | 20.6 (18.4) | 36 | 31 | 12.3 (13.4) | 14.3 (15.3) | 18.1 (16.8) | 22 (17.9) |
| 7 | 89 | 87 | 11 (13.1) | 14.2 (15.4) | 17.4 (17.4) | 20.8 (18.8) | 100 | 89 | 12.4 (13.5) | 14.6 (15.5) | 17.7 (17.1) | 21.2 (18.3) |
| 8 | 96 | 90 | 10.9 (13.3) | 14.6 (15.7) | 18.5 (17.8) | 23.1 (19.4) | 116 | 113 | 12.1 (13.7) | 15.2 (15.7) | 17.4 (17.5) | 21 (18.8) |
| 9 | 126 | 119 | 12.2 (13.6) | 15.7 (16.1) | 19.7 (18.4) | 23.6 (20.2) | 100 | 98 | 12.9 (13.9) | 15.8 (16) | 21.4 (18) | 24.6 (19.5) |
| 10 | 120 | 116 | 13.4 (13.9) | 16.9 (16.6) | 22.2 (19.1) | 26.4 (21.1) | 106 | 101 | 13.2 (14.1) | 16.5 (16.4) | 21.6 (18.6) | 25.8 (20.2) |
| 11 | 131 | 123 | 13.2 (14.4) | 17.3 (17.2) | 23.8 (20) | 29.1 (22.2) | 114 | 110 | 13.9 (14.5) | 16.6 (16.9) | 21.3 (19.3) | 25.1 (21.1) |
| 12 | 111 | 104 | 14.9 (14.9) | 18.3 (18) | 25.4 (20.9) | 29.4 (23.3) | 90 | 90 | 14.6 (14.9) | 18.7 (17.5) | 24.9 (20.1) | 33.6 (22.1) |
| 13 | 93 | 83 | 15.9 (15.5) | 20.9 (18.8) | 25.3 (21.9) | 32 (24.4) | 108 | 106 | 14.8 (15.4) | 18.9 (18.2) | 22.8 (20.9) | 28.6 (23.1) |
| 14 | 105 | 97 | 16.1 (16) | 20.7 (19.6) | 27.6 (22.9) | 30.7 (25.5) | 113 | 98 | 15.3 (16) | 19.5 (19) | 24.8 (21.9) | 28.6 (24.2) |
| 15 | 84 | 71 | 16.2 (16.5) | 21 (20.2) | 29.4 (23.7) | 31.8 (26.3) | 93 | 85 | 15.1 (16.5) | 19.7 (19.8) | 25.6 (22.8) | 30.6 (25.2) |
| 16 | 112 | 108 | 17.3 (16.8) | 21.8 (20.7) | 27.6 (24.2) | 34.9 (27) | 94 | 86 | 16.8 (17.1) | 21 (20.5) | 27.3 (23.7) | 34.2 (26.1) |
| 17 | 106 | 97 | 17.1 (17) | 22.4 (21) | 27.9 (24.7) | 34.4 (27.4) | 98 | 90 | 16 (17.5) | 21.6 (21.1) | 31.2 (24.4) | 40.2 (26.9) |
| 18 | 96 | 90 | 16.9 (17.1) | 22.4 (21.3) | 28.9 (24.9) | 30.8 (27.7) | 82 | 76 | 18.1 (17.9) | 21.8 (21.7) | 25.8 (25) | 29.3 (27.5) |
| Total | 1320 | 1235 | 1250 | 1173 | ||||||||
WHO percentiles are in parentheses.