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. 2015 May 4;15:50. doi: 10.1186/s12887-015-0366-z

Table 2.

Age- and gender-specific smoothed body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) percentiles for Greek adolescents aged 12–17 years

Age (years) Percentiles
3rd 10th 25th 50th 75th 90th 97th
Boys
BMI (kg/m2) 12 15.7 16.8 18.3 20.3 22.8 25.9 30.0
13 16.2 17.3 18.6 20.5 22.9 25.9 30.3
14 16.6 17.7 18.9 20.7 23.0 25.8 29.9
15 17.2 18.2 19.5 21.2 23.4 26.2 30.3
16 17.6 18.6 19.9 21.6 23.9 26.7 30.6
17 18.0 19.0 20.3 22.0 24.3 27.0 30.7
WC (cm) 12 58.4 61.3 64.8 69.7 76.0 83.8 95.0
13 60.1 62.9 66.3 71.0 77.2 84.8 95.9
14 61.6 64.3 67.6 72.1 77.9 85.0 95.2
15 62.7 65.4 68.6 73.0 78.6 85.3 94.6
16 63.7 66.5 69.8 74.2 79.7 86.1 94.6
17 63.3 66.1 69.5 73.8 79.2 85.1 92.5
WHR 12 0.72 0.74 0.76 0.79 0.83 0.87 0.93
13 0.72 0.74 0.76 0.79 0.83 0.88 0.94
14 0.71 0.73 0.75 0.78 0.82 0.86 0.92
15 0.70 0.72 0.74 0.77 0.81 0.85 0.90
16 0.70 0.72 0.74 0.77 0.81 0.84 0.88
17 0.67 0.71 0.74 0.78 0.81 0.83 0.86
WHtR 12 0.37 0.39 0.41 0.44 0.48 0.53 0.59
13 0.37 0.39 0.41 0.43 0.47 0.52 0.58
14 0.37 0.38 0.40 0.43 0.46 0.50 0.57
15 0.36 0.38 0.39 0.42 0.45 0.49 0.55
16 0.36 0.38 0.40 0.42 0.45 0.49 0.54
17 0.36 0.37 0.39 0.42 0.45 0.48 0.52
Girls
BMI (kg/m2) 12 15.2 16.4 17.8 19.6 22.0 24.8 28.5
13 16.0 17.2 18.6 20.5 22.8 25.5 28.9
14 16.4 17.6 19.0 20.9 23.2 25.7 28.9
15 16.9 18.1 19.4 21.2 23.4 25.9 28.9
16 17.3 18.4 19.7 21.5 23.6 26.0 29.1
17 17.4 18.5 19.8 21.5 23.6 26.1 29.4
WC (cm) 12 56.7 59.1 62.1 66.2 71.7 78.6 89.2
13 58.0 60.3 63.2 67.2 72.4 79.0 88.9
14 58.7 61.0 63.8 67.6 72.6 78.7 87.6
15 58.8 61.1 63.8 67.5 72.2 77.8 85.6
16 59.0 61.3 64.0 67.7 72.3 77.6 84.9
17 58.7 61.0 63.8 67.5 72.0 77.3 84.3
WHR 12 0.68 0.70 0.72 0.75 0.79 0.83 0.89
13 0.66 0.68 0.70 0.73 0.76 0.81 0.87
14 0.65 0.67 0.70 0.72 0.76 0.80 0.86
15 0.64 0.66 0.68 0.71 0.74 0.77 0.81
16 0.64 0.66 0.68 0.71 0.73 0.76 0.79
17 0.64 0.66 0.68 0.70 0.73 0.76 0.78
WHtR 12 0.37 0.38 0.40 0.42 0.46 0.50 0.57
13 0.36 0.38 0.39 0.42 0.45 0.49 0.55
14 0.36 0.38 0.39 0.42 0.45 0.49 0.54
15 0.36 0.37 0.39 0.42 0.45 0.48 0.52
16 0.36 0.37 0.39 0.42 0.44 0.48 0.52
17 0.36 0.37 0.39 0.41 0.44 0.47 0.52