Percentage of GIGS sample falling above the 90th and below the 10th centile for weight, length, and body mass index, relative to “revised UK 1990” growth references (expected frequency, 10%)
| Age (months) | Weight | Length | Body mass index | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| < 10th | > 90th | < 10th | > 90th | < 10th | > 90th | ||||||||||||
| Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | ||||||
| 1 | 8.8 (6) | 15.5 (9) | 10.3 (7) | 1.7 (1) | 13.2 (9) | 12.1 (7) | 8.8 (6) | 5.2 (3) | 2.9 (2)1-150 | 10.3 (6) | 4.4 (3)1-150 | 5.2 (3) | |||||
| 3 | 6.1 (4) | 13.8 (8) | 15.2 (10) | 3.4 (2) | 9.1 (6) | 15.5 (9)1-150 | 10.6 (7) | 5.2 (3)1-150 | 6.1 (4) | 6.9 (4) | 10.6 (7) | 1.7 (1) | |||||
| 12 | 6.0 (4) | 10.9 (6) | 16.4 (11) | 9.0 (5) | 7.5 (5) | 7.3 (4) | 22.4 (15) | 10.9 (6) | 4.5 (3) | 12.7 (7) | 13.4 (9) | 7.3 (4) | |||||
| 24 | 3.0 (2) | 10.6 (8) | 15.4 (4) | 10.6 (3) | 4.6 (3)1-150 | 4.3 (2) | 21.5 (14)1-150 | 10.6 (5) | 3.1 (2) | 17.0 (8) | 6.2 (4) | 6.4 (3) | |||||
Values are % (n).
↵1-150 p < 0.05 (χ2 goodness of fit).