Supplementary Table 2.

Girls’ weight in kg with percentile values

	Age	n	3rd	10th	25th	50th	75th	90th	97th	mean ± SD
Observed	6	5	15.7	15.7	17.05	20.1	24			20.4±3.80
IAP	6		13.7	15.1	16.7	18.7	21.3	24.6	29.1	±9.1
Observed	7	10	15.6	15.63	16.72	17.75	21.4	23.5		18.8±3.81
IAP	7		15.1	16.8	18.7	21.2	24.2	28.2	33.4	±3.4
Observed	8	14	15.8	15.95	18.8	22.95	25.77	27.5		22.22±4.06
IAP	8		16.7	18.7	21.1	24	27.6	32.2	38.1	±8.1
Observed	9	39	18.34	19.5	21.1	23.7	26.4	31.6	38.68	24.40±4.61
IAP	9		18.5	20.9	23.7	27.2	31.5	36.7	43.4	±3.4
Observed	10	90	18.67	21.03	23.27	26.7	31.55	37.39	39.78	27.74±6.0
IAP	10		20.7	23.5	26.9	31	36	42	49.4	±9.4
Observed	11	102	22.31	24.26	25.8	28.75	31.72	37.78	43.41	29.81±5.99
IAP	11		23.3	26.7	30.7	35.4	41	47.7	55.9	±5.9
Observed	12	122	23.1	24.93	26.95	30.3	35.45	40.63	44.48	31.62±5.90
IAP	12		26.2	30	34.5	39.8	46	53.4	62.1	±2.1
Observed	13	54	24.22	25.8	28.95	32.6	37.1	39.45	42.24	32.78±4.99
IAP	13		28.9	33.1	37.9	43.6	50.2	57.9	67.1	±7.1
Observed	14	31	24.1	27.44	28.6	34	36.3	42.28		33.77±5.14
IAP	14		31.3	35.6	40.6	46.4	53.2	61.1	70.4	±0.4

Note: Red coloured entries show values observed to be less than the IAP growth chart values