Table 5.

Percentile distribution for the sum of skinfold measurements in the neonates.

	Sex	5th	10th	25th	50th	75th	90th	95th
Sum of SFT
37 wks	M	13.4	14.2	15.2	16.0	18.0	19.2	20.1
	F	13.8	14.4	15.8	16.8	18.2	20.9	22.0
38 wks	M	13.6	14.5	15.6	17.0	18.3	20.8	21.3
	F	15.2	15.8	16.6	17.4	18.8	21.8	22.6
39 wks	M	14.4	15.2	15.8	16.6	18.6	19.2	20.0
	F	15.0	15.4	16.0	16.9	19.2	21.2	21.7
40 wks	M	14.2	14.5	15.4	16.2	18.4	19.4	19.7
	F	14.8	15.6	16.3	17.1	19.0	20.2	20.8
41 wks	M	14.0	14.2	15.6	16.4	18.0	20.4	20.6
	F	14.6	14.8	16.0	17.2	18.6	20.7	21.6
Overall		14.2	14.8	15.8	16.8	18.6	20.2	21.2