Table 3

Percentage of children (95% confidence intervals) crossing at least one channel up or down in a year using the 1990 reference (SDscore increasing by at least 0.67)

Boys (n = 317) Girls (n = 257)
Percentage crossing at least one channel up
Height0.9% (0.4–2.7)1.2% (0.5–3.4)
Weight 1.6% (0.8–3.6)1.9% (1.0–4.5)
BMI5.0% (3.3–8.1)5.1% (3.2–8.5)
Percentage crossing at least one channel down
Height0.3% (0.1–1.7)0.0% (0.0–1.4)
Weight 0.3% (0.1–1.7)0.4% (0.1–2.1)
BMI0.9% (0.4–2.7)2.3% (1.2–5.0)