Age-, Sex-, and Puberty-Associated Reference Intervals for Lipid Profile in Iranian Children and Adolescents

Table 2

Percentiles for fasting plasma concentrations of cholesterol, LDL, HDL, non-HDL, and TG in the population-based cohort. The 3rd and 97th percentiles for each age group in girls and boys are presented. There was significant difference between the 3rd and 97th percentiles (highlighted in grey). All of lipid concentrations are in mg/dL.

Age	BMI				TG				HDL				Chol				LDL				Non-HDL
	3th percentile		97th percentile		3th percentile		97th percentile		3th percentile		97th percentile		3th percentile		97th percentile		3th percentile		97th percentile		3th percentile		97th percentile
	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys
9	12.22	12.97	19.00	19.18	16.05	9.81	150.61	152.71	19.14	32.58	77.73	105.42	126.44	95.54	242.09	213.29	57.36	42.62	172.28	138.25	67.39	48.54	194.29	156.45
10	12.41	13.13	19.78	20.05	16.89	11.99	168.11	182.05	20.12	32.03	75.32	101.05	124.52	98.42	237.62	218.46	56.83	44.20	169.65	141.25	66.65	50.54	192.11	161.84
11	12.64	13.27	20.65	20.90	17.58	13.78	185.61	206.07	21.34	31.27	74.00	96.98	122.46	100.61	233.41	222.21	56.12	45.40	166.50	143.48	65.72	52.15	189.54	166.01
12	12.98	13.40	21.72	21.78	17.85	14.94	199.93	222.68	22.54	30.17	73.62	92.59	120.13	101.72	229.18	223.67	55.26	46.18	162.98	144.80	64.51	53.27	186.30	168.58
13	13.40	13.57	22.98	22.74	17.59	15.45	208.95	231.73	23.56	28.76	73.80	87.86	117.67	101.42	225.11	222.17	54.42	46.34	159.52	144.63	63.10	53.62	182.64	168.70
14	13.81	13.82	24.25	23.85	16.95	15.44	213.59	235.58	24.30	27.29	73.86	83.46	115.31	100.06	221.73	218.49	53.77	45.89	156.68	142.94	61.75	53.24	179.27	166.59
15	14.12	14.13	25.43	25.09	16.12	15.11	215.67	237.31	24.63	25.82	73.28	79.45	113.32	98.30	219.49	214.08	53.49	45.17	154.94	140.81	60.69	52.61	176.90	163.73
16	14.31	14.45	26.44	26.38	15.24	14.61	216.45	239.18	24.59	24.23	72.13	75.44	111.28	96.63	217.64	210.00	53.35	44.56	153.60	139.41	59.72	52.12	174.94	161.37
17	14.36	14.74	27.29	27.65	14.23	13.90	214.70	240.71	24.91	22.48	71.42	71.30	108.69	95.12	215.27	206.39	53.00	44.18	151.68	139.07	58.46	51.83	172.27	159.63
18	14.32	15.01	28.07	28.89	13.17	13.00	211.32	242.48	25.43	20.67	70.75	67.23	105.64	93.71	212.58	203.11	52.55	43.86	149.50	139.34	57.10	51.62	169.43	158.21