BMI-for-age percentiles
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- Humans2
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1Obesity
upin humans1
1 study
Obesity
upin humans1
BMI-for-age percentiles predict obesity in humans (specificity 0.98 (0.98, 0.98)).
“sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value values were 0.32 (0.31, 0.33), 0.98 (0.98, 0.98), 0.94 (0.93, 0.95), and 0.61 (0.60, 0.62) in women”
HumansBMI >=85th percentile vs BF% >=40%femalesn = 28,764
Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.)18 Mar 2026
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2 in 12 monthsCanadian Journal of Public Health
Growth charts for grown-ups? BMI-for-age percentile curves to measure obesity status: An analysis of data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
Study in peopleObesity
Epidemiology
Validation of Body Mass Index-For-Age Percentile Curves in Older Adults Using Data From the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
Cohort study of 28,764 peopleBody mass index
American Journal of Epidemiology
A cross-national comparison of obesity using body mass index-for-age percentiles: results from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging and the United States Health and Retirement Study
Cohort study in peopleObesity