Research Article
Pediatric TSH Reference Intervals and Prevalence of High Thyroid Antibodies in the Lebanese Population
Table 2
Distribution of the population according to age groups, BMI categories, and SES.
| | | Total population | Boys | Girls | N | % | n | % | n | % |
| Age | 8–11 | 333 | 34.2% | 159 | 31.3% | 174 | 37.3% | 12–14 | 344 | 35.3% | 198 | 39.0% | 146 | 31.3% | 15–18 | 297 | 30.5% | 151 | 29.7% | 146 | 31.3% |
| BMI percentiles | ≥95 | 123 | 12.6% | 81 | 15.9% | 42 | 9.0% | ≥85 and <95 | 175 | 18% | 102 | 20.1% | 73 | 15.7% | ≥5 and <85 | 646 | 66.3% | 312 | 61.4% | 334 | 71.7% | <5 | 30 | 3.1% | 13 | 2.6% | 17 | 3.6% |
| Schools’ SES | High | 253 | 26.0% | 137 | 27.0% | 116 | 24.9% | Middle | 258 | 26.5% | 127 | 25.0% | 131 | 28.1% | Low | 463 | 47.5% | 244 | 48.0% | 219 | 47.0% |
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