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Laurson et al / Am J Prev Med 2011;41(4S2):S87–S92 S89

Table 1. Smoothed LMS curves for selected percentiles of percent body fat for boys in three waves of NHANES IV

Age
(years) 2nd 5th 10th 25th 50th 75th 85th 90th 95th 98th

5 8.5 9.2 10.0 11.6 14.0 17.2 19.6 21.5 24.9 30.1
6 8.1 8.9 9.8 11.5 14.2 17.9 20.6 22.8 26.8 33.0
7 7.9 8.8 9.7 11.6 14.6 18.8 21.9 24.4 29.1 36.2
8 7.9 8.9 10.0 12.2 15.5 20.4 24.0 27.0 32.4 40.8
9 8.1 9.2 10.4 12.9 16.8 22.5 26.6 30.1 36.4 46.0
10 8.3 9.5 10.8 13.7 18.0 24.5 29.2 33.2 40.4 51.2
11 8.2 9.5 10.9 14.0 18.8 25.8 31.0 35.4 43.3 55.1
12 7.8 9.1 10.6 13.7 18.6 26.0 31.4 35.9 44.2 56.6
13 7.2 8.5 9.9 12.9 17.8 25.1 30.5 35.0 43.3 55.7
14 6.5 7.7 9.1 11.9 16.6 23.6 28.8 33.2 41.2 53.2
15 6.0 7.2 8.4 11.2 15.6 22.3 27.3 31.5 39.3 51.0
16 5.9 7.1 8.3 11.1 15.5 22.2 27.3 31.6 39.5 51.3
17 6.1 7.3 8.6 11.4 16.1 23.2 28.5 33.0 41.3 53.9
18 6.4 7.7 9.0 12.1 17.0 24.6 30.3 35.1 44.1 57.6

Note: Data are from 1999--2000, 2001--2002, and 2003–2004. Age indicates whole age group (e.g., 8.0 – 8.99 years).
LMS, L⫽skewness, M⫽median, and S⫽coefficient of variation; NHANES, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

used to identify differences during growth between the time. A set of BIA-derived %BF reference curves (based
genders across the school-age years. on children in the U.K.) has been widely used, but these
Comparisons with other data are challenging due to were based on data from a 1985 survey.14 The shapes of
differences in samples, measurements, procedures, and the curves are generally similar, but the use of more

Table 2. Smoothed LMS curves for selected percentiles of percent body fat for girls in three waves of NHANES IV

Age
(years) 2nd 5th 10th 25th 50th 75th 85th 90th 95th 98th

5 9.4 10.2 11.1 12.8 15.4 18.9 21.3 23.3 26.9 32.3
6 9.4 10.4 11.3 13.2 16.0 19.8 22.5 24.6 28.5 34.3
7 9.6 10.6 11.6 13.7 16.8 21.0 23.9 26.3 30.5 36.5
8 9.9 11.0 12.2 14.5 17.9 22.6 25.8 28.4 32.9 39.3
9 10.4 11.7 13.0 15.6 19.4 24.5 28.0 30.8 35.6 42.3
10 11.0 12.4 13.8 16.7 20.8 26.4 30.1 33.0 37.9 44.7
11 11.5 13.0 14.5 17.6 22.0 27.8 31.6 34.5 39.4 46.0
12 12.0 13.6 15.2 18.5 23.1 28.9 32.6 35.5 40.3 46.5
13 12.6 14.3 16.0 19.4 24.0 29.8 33.5 36.3 40.8 46.7
14 13.2 14.9 16.7 20.2 24.8 30.6 34.1 36.8 41.1 46.6
15 13.8 15.6 17.4 20.9 25.5 31.1 34.6 37.1 41.2 46.2
16 14.4 16.3 18.1 21.6 26.2 31.7 35.0 37.4 41.2 46.0
17 15.0 16.9 18.8 22.4 27.0 32.3 35.5 37.9 41.5 46.0
18 15.6 17.6 19.5 23.2 27.8 33.1 36.3 38.6 42.2 46.5

Note: Data are from 1999--2000, 2001--2002, and 2003--2004. Age indicates whole age group (e.g., 8.0 – 8.99 years).
LMS, L⫽skewness, M⫽median, and S⫽coefficient of variation; NHANES, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

October 2011

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