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. 2013 Aug 26;5(8):295–304. doi: 10.4330/wjc.v5.i8.295

Table 6.

Comparison between waist-to-height ratio 10th, 50th and 90th percentiles for Yemeni, Pakistani (n = 12), and Norwegian (n = 22) boys and girls

Age 10th percentiles
50th percentiles
90th percentiles
Y P N Y P N Y P N
Boys
6 0.4 0.41 0.41 0.47 0.46 0.45 0.55 0.52 0.49
7 0.39 0.4 0.4 0.46 0.45 0.44 0.54 0.52 0.48
8 0.38 0.4 0.39 0.45 0.45 0.43 0.53 0.52 0.48
9 0.38 0.39 0.38 0.45 0.45 0.42 0.53 0.52 0.48
10 0.37 0.39 0.38 0.44 0.44 0.42 0.52 0.52 0.48
11 0.37 0.38 0.37 0.44 0.44 0.42 0.51 0.52 0.48
12 0.36 0.38 0.37 0.43 0.44 0.41 0.51 0.52 0.47
13 0.36 - 0.36 0.43 - 0.41 0.5 - 0.47
14 0.36 - 0.36 0.43 - 0.41 0.5 - 0.46
15 0.36 - 0.37 0.43 - 0.41 0.5 - 0.46
16 0.36 - 0.37 0.43 - 0.41 0.5 - 0.47
17 0.36 - 0.38 0.43 - 0.42 0.5 - 0.47
18 0.36 - 0.38 0.43 - 0.43 0.5 - 0.48
19 0.36 - - 0.43 - - 0.51 - -
Girls
6 0.38 0.41 0.42 0.47 0.45 0.45 0.55 0.51 0.49
7 0.38 0.4 0.4 0.46 0.45 0.43 0.54 0.52 0.49
8 0.37 0.4 0.4 0.45 0.45 0.43 0.53 0.52 0.48
9 0.36 0.4 0.39 0.44 0.45 0.42 0.53 0.53 0.48
10 0.36 0.39 0.39 0.44 0.44 0.41 0.52 0.53 0.47
11 0.36 0.38 0.38 0.44 0.44 0.41 0.52 0.53 0.46
12 0.36 0.37 0.38 0.44 0.43 0.4 0.52 0.52 0.46
13 0.36 - 0.37 0.44 - 0.4 0.52 - 0.45
14 0.36 - 0.37 0.44 - 0.4 0.53 - 0.45
15 0.37 - 0.37 0.45 - 0.4 0.53 - 0.45
16 0.37 - 0.38 0.45 - 0.4 0.54 - 0.45
17 0.37 - 0.38 0.45 - 0.41 0.54 - 0.46
18 0.38 - 0.39 0.46 - 0.42 0.55 - 0.47
19 0.38 - - 0.46 - - 0.55 - -

Comparison between waist-to-height ratio 10th, 50th and 90th percentiles for Yemeni (Y), Pakistani (P), and Norwegian (N) boys and girls.