Published April 1, 2021 | Version v1
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Body composition measurement percentiles for boys and girls aged 2 to 17 years

  • 1. Laboratory of Experimental Medicine and Pediatrics and member of the Infla-Med Centre of Excellence, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium.
  • 2. Department of Pediatrics, Antwerp University Hospital, Edegem, Belgium.
  • 3. Clinical Trial Center (CTC), CRC Antwerp, Antwerp University Hospital, Edegem, Belgium.
  • 4. Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Pediatric Clinical Research Office, AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Description

Detailed body composition percentile tables from children aged 2 to 17 years. A full publication describing detailed methodology is available:

Van Eyck, A., Eerens, S., Trouet, D. et al. Body composition monitoring in children and adolescents: reproducibility and reference values. Eur J Pediatr (2021).

https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-021-03936-0

Here, we specifically publish the detailed Excel table called ‘PercentileTablesVanEyck_etal’, including the following data in separate tabs: percentiles from 0.5 to 99.5% per age year for:

Body mass index:
BMI_Boys
BMI_Girls

Waist:
Waist_Boys
Waist_Girls

Fat Mass
Fat_Boys
Fat_Girls

Lean Tissue Mass
LTM_Boys
LTM_Girls

Extracellular Water
ECW_Boys
ECW_Girls

Intracellular Water
ICW_Boys
ICW_Girls

Total Body Water
TBW_Boys
TBW_Girls
 

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Is supplement to
Journal article: 10.1007/s00431-021-03936-0 (DOI)