Goodness of fit assessed by percentage of sample falling within smoothed centiles
| Centile | Boys (age in years) | Girls (age in years) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | 0–6 | 6–12 | 12–18 | All | 0–6 | 6–12 | 12–18 | ||
| Height for age | |||||||||
| 3rd | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 3.8 | |
| 10th | 10.0 | 8.9 | 10.3 | 11.4 | 10.8 | 9.9 | 11.2 | 12.0 | |
| 25th | 25.1 | 25.3 | 24.7 | 25.3 | 24.6 | 24.4 | 24.6 | 25.0 | |
| 50th | 51.5 | 50.9 | 51.7 | 52.5 | 49.1 | 49.9 | 48.6 | 48.3 | |
| 75th | 74.0 | 74.3 | 73.1 | 74.7 | 75.8 | 74.1 | 78.2 | 75.1 | |
| 90th | 87.7 | 88.9 | 87.1 | 86.6 | 89.9 | 89.9 | 90.3 | 89.3 | |
| 97th | 97.8 | 97.5 | 98.6 | 97.3 | 97.2 | 97.3 | 97.2 | 97.3 | |
| Weight for age | |||||||||
| 3rd | 3.0 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 1.8 | |
| 10th | 10.4 | 9.8 | 11.2 | 10.5 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 11.4 | 9.7 | |
| 25th | 25.3 | 25.5 | 24.7 | 26.0 | 24.8 | 25.0 | 22.9 | 27.3 | |
| 50th | 50.6 | 50.2 | 51.2 | 50.4 | 48.5 | 47.2 | 49.1 | 50.0 | |
| 75th | 73.8 | 74.2 | 73.3 | 73.6 | 75.0 | 76.1 | 75.4 | 72.5 | |
| 90th | 89.6 | 90.5 | 89.5 | 88.1 | 91.9 | 91.7 | 92.6 | 91.0 | |
| 97th | 97.4 | 96.9 | 97.3 | 98.5 | 96.8 | 96.5 | 96.7 | 97.4 | |