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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Nurs Res. 2009 Nov–Dec;58(6):382–390. doi: 10.1097/NNR.0b013e3181b4b921

Table 4. Predicted Body Mass Index as a Function of Chronological Age.

African American White
Age
(in years)		 Early Middle Late Early Middle Late
2 17.4
(17.0,17.7)		 16.7
(16.5,17.0)		 16.6
(16.3,16.8)		 16.3
(16.0,16.6)		 16.3
(16.1,16.5)		 16.2
(16.0,16.5)
3 16.9
(16.6,17.2)		 16.1
(15.9,16.4)		 15.9
(15.6,16.1)		 16.0
(15.7,16.2)		 15.8
(15.6,16.0)		 15.7
(15.5,15.9)
4 16.8
(16.5,17.1)		 15.9
(15.7,16.1)		 15.6
(15.3,15.8)		 15.9
(15.7,16.2)		 15.6
(15.4,15.8)		 15.4
(15.2,15.6)
5 16.9
(16.6,17.2)		 16.0
(15.8,16.2)		 15.5
(15.3,15.7)		 16.1
(15.8,16.3)		 15.6
(15.5,15.8)		 15.3
(15.0,15.5)
6 17.4
(17.1,17.6)		 16.3
(16.1,16.5)		 15.7
(15.4,15.9)		 16.4
(16.2,16.7)		 15.9
(15.7,16.1)		 15.3
(15.1,15.5)
7 18.0
(17.7,18.3)		 16.8
(16.6,17.1)		 16.1
(15.8,16.3)		 17.0
(16.7,17.3)		 16.3
(16.1,16.5)		 15.6
(15.3,15.8)
8 18.8
(18.5,19.1)		 17.6
(17.3,17.8)		 16.7
(16.4,16.9)		 17.7
(17.4,18.0)		 16.9
(16.7,17.1)		 15.9
(15.7,16.2)
20 28.1
(27.3,29.0)		 26.0
(25.4,26.5)		 25.1
(24.4,25.8)		 25.6
(24.8,26.4)		 23.8
(23.2,24.3)		 21.9
(21.3,22.6)