Table 1.

Mean and standard deviation (SD) for waist circumference (WC), waist-hip ratio (WHR) and waist-height ratio (WHtR) of Pakistani primary school children aged five to twelve years (n = 1860)

	n	WC (cm)	WHR	WHtR
Boys (n = 977)
5 years (61-71 months)	84	54.0 (5.8)	0.89 (0.04)	0.46 (0.04)
6 years (72-83 months)	161	54.0 (5.6)	0.89 (0.04)	0.46 (0.04)
7 years (84-95 months)	160	55.8 (5.8)	0.88 (0.04)	0.45 (0.05)
8 years (96-107 months)	158	58.3 (6.6)	0.88 (0.04)	0.45 (0.04)
9 years (108-119 months)	161	60.8 (7.9)	0.88 (0.05)	0.45 (0.05)
10 years (120-131 months)	147	62.7 (9.8)	0.88 (0.05)	0.45 (0.06)
11 years (132-143 months)	69	62.0 (7.2)	0.88 (0.06)	0.45 (0.05)
12 years (144-155 months)	37	61.2 (5.6)	0.87 (0.04)	0.44 (0.03)
Girls (n = 883)
5 years (61-71 months)	72	52.6 (3.4)	0.86 (0.05)	0.46 (0.03)
6 years (72-83 months)	143	54.4 (6.0)	0.85 (0.05)	0.46 (0.04)
7 years (84-95 months)	157	57.0 (7.2)	0.87 (0.08)	0.46 (0.05)
8 years (96-107 months)	159	58.7 (7.0)	0.86 (0.06)	0.46 (0.05)
9 years (108-119 months)	151	61.6 (8.3)	0.86 (0.06)	0.46 (0.06)
10 years (120-131 months)	120	62.3 (8.9)	0.84 (0.06	0.45 (0.06)
11 years (132-143 months)	62	62.3 (8.4)	0.80 (0.06)	0.43 (0.05)
12 years (144-155 months)	19	62.6 (7.9)	0.81 (0.05)	0.43 (0.04)