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. 2019 Nov 19;10(11):945. doi: 10.3390/genes10110945

Table 1.

Number (N), mean and standard deviation (SD) of body mass index (BMI) and percent body fat (%BF) by sex and age.

Age N BMI (SD) %BF (SD)
Girls
3 22 16.6 (1.7) 0.30 (0.13)
4 28 15.9 (1.4) 0.26 (0.14)
5 30 17.3 (3.4) 0.23 (0.15)
6 30 16.3 (1.7) 0.23 (0.04)
7 39 17.8 (3.6) 0.25 (0.13)
8 26 17.3 (3.0) 0.26 (0.08)
9 24 19.2 (2.6) 0.32 (0.07)
10 30 20.4 (3.8) 0.32 (0.10)
11 30 20.9 (3.9) 0.31(0.11)
12 28 22.0 (4.7) 0.32 (0.09)
13 34 22.1 (3.9) 0.33 (0.09)
14 37 23.8 (4.8) 0.37 (0.13)
15 23 23.0 (4.6) 0.33 (0.08)
16 24 25.7 (6.1) 0.33 (0.12)
Boys
3 28 16.1 (2.2) 0.24 (0.16)
4 25 16.6 (2.9) 0.22 (0.13)
5 28 16.5 (2.6) 0.18 (0.13)
6 28 16.3 (2.0) 0.24 (0.11)
7 22 17.8 (2.3) 0.27 (0.12)
8 40 18.3 (3.1) 0.26 (0.10)
9 46 20.4 (4.2) 0.31(0.10)
10 29 22.6 (5.3) 0.34 (0.10)
11 32 21.6 (4.5) 0.30 (0.11)
12 41 21.2 (4.9) 0.28 (0.10)
13 28 22.3 (4.1) 0.27 (0.10)
14 36 21.9 (4.9) 0.24 (0.12)
15 20 23.6 (4.1) 0.26 (0.10)
16 20 25.5 (4.6) 0.27 (0.09)