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bmiage: CDC BMI-for-age charts

Description

Charts giving the BMI-for-age percentiles for boys and girls ages 2-18

Usage

bmiage

Arguments

Format

A data.table with 434 rows and 5 variables:

Sex

Female or Male

Agemos

Age in months

P5

The 5th percentile BMI for the corresponding sex and age

P85

The 85th percentile BMI for the corresponding sex and age

P95

The 95th percentile BMI for the corresponding sex and age

Author

Caroline Ring

Details

For children ages 2 to 18, weight class depends on the BMI-for-age percentile.

Underweight

<5th percentile

Normal weight

5th-85th percentile

Overweight

85th-95th percentile

Obese

>=95th percentile

References

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