ArticleAnnals of human biology2020
A method for calculating BMI z-scores and percentiles above the 95
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Abstract
backgroundThe 2000 CDC growth charts are based on national data collected between 1963 and 1994 and include a set of selected percentiles between the 3
aimThis study attempts to overcome this limitation by constructing a new method for calculating BMI distributions above the 95 SUBJECTS AND
methodsData from youth at or above the 95
resultsThe modelled distributions above the 95
conclusionThis method can be used, in conjunction with the current CDC BMI-for-age growth charts, to track extreme values of BMI among youth.
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