We defined obesity as a body mass index equal to or greater than the 95th centile, equivalent to a standard deviation score of 1.64 or more. |
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His height was on the second centile, below that predicted from parental heights. |
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To this end we have recently had published the first waist circumference centile curves for British children and adolescents. |
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The response times were divided by the 90th centile and then multiplied by 8 or 5 as appropriate. |
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The changes in the females correspond to a shift from the 50th to the 85th centile for waist circumference and the 44th to the 70th centile for body mass index. |
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We defined probable anxiety as a score above the 80th centile. |
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Children with failure to thrive are identified by a fall across two centile channels or a fall below the second centile for at least three months. |
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Risk of coronary heart disease was especially high for women who crossed from a low centile of weight at birth to a high centile of body mass index in adulthood. |
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