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. 2017 May 24;17:130. doi: 10.1186/s12887-017-0885-x

Table 1.

Data Inputs Required and Results Output

File Name File Format Variable Name Description
Data Inputs BMI_Data Excel Spreadsheet (.xlsx or.xls) ID numeric
Sex F, M, female, or male
Age_y age in years
Height_cm height in cm
Weight_kg weight in kg
BMI kg/m 2 ; needed only if height or weight is not provided
Results Output BMI_Results Excel Comma Separated Values (.csv) BMI_kgm2 BMI in kg/m2
BMI_pct BMI percentile
BMI_z BMI z-score
BMI_95 BMI as a percent of the 95th percentile
Weight_status underweight, healthy weight, overweight, obese class 1, severe obesity class 2, severe obesity class 3