Table 6.

L, M, and S parameters and percentiles for body mass index for age: girls 5 to 18 years.

Age (y)	L	M	S	3rd	5th	10th	25th	50th	75th	85th	90th	95th	97th
5	−1.312917	14.32989	0.1244782	11.68381	11.95329	12.39768	13.23284	14.32989	15.66306	16.50564	17.13892	18.18902	18.95529
6	−1.2939	14.48028	0.1335916	11.64918	11.93405	12.40551	13.29727	14.48028	15.93621	16.86706	17.57226	18.75246	19.62239
7	−1.27238	14.74155	0.1436224	11.68709	11.99053	12.4946	13.45457	14.74155	16.34713	17.3866	18.18098	19.52405	20.52522
8	−1.246668	15.17908	0.1536925	11.85864	12.18451	12.72778	13.76909	15.17908	16.96106	18.12861	19.02841	20.56485	21.72278
9	−1.214775	15.69607	0.1634513	12.08774	12.43806	13.02391	14.15329	15.69607	17.6683	18.97423	19.98816	21.73473	23.06392
10	−1.17507	16.35505	0.1724243	12.42587	12.80402	13.43804	14.66594	16.35505	18.53366	19.98798	21.12348	23.09243	24.60179
11	−1.129133	17.17908	0.1801299	12.89472	13.30453	13.99292	15.33042	17.17908	19.57733	21.1863	22.44677	24.64075	26.32944
12	−1.085184	18.14618	0.186309	13.48377	13.92795	14.67501	16.12963	18.14618	20.77105	22.53679	23.92236	26.33827	28.20093
13	−1.050285	19.2067	0.1910618	14.15941	14.6389	15.44607	17.02012	19.2067	22.05912	23.98107	25.49064	28.12516	30.158
14	−1.02617	20.1722	0.1946503	14.78322	15.29402	16.15452	17.83455	20.1722	23.22719	25.28849	26.90886	29.73912	31.92471
15	−1.01184	20.89756	0.1974603	15.24643	15.78093	16.68194	18.44307	20.89756	24.11151	26.28365	27.99302	30.98236	33.29374
16	−1.006032	21.50933	0.1999027	15.63638	16.1905	17.12522	18.95463	21.50933	24.86311	27.13513	28.92606	32.06425	34.49603
17	−1.002935	21.91292	0.2022514	15.87659	16.44464	17.40358	19.28292	21.91292	25.37526	27.72699	29.58424	32.84599	35.37991
18	−0.998486	22.05139	0.2046199	15.92218	16.49753	17.4695	19.37684	22.05139	25.58162	27.98535	29.88696	33.23357	35.83947