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Weight-for-height

From DE VILLE DE GOYET, C., SEAMAN. J. & GEUER, U., The management of nutritional emergencies in large populations Geneva, World Health Organization, 1978.

A. Young children (both sexes)


Weight (kg)

Height

90%

80%

70%

60%


(cm)

Standard

standard

standard

standard

standard

50

3.4

3.1

2.7

2.4

2.0

51

3.5

3.2

2.8

2.4

2.1

52

3.7

3.3

3.0

2.6

2.2

53

3.9

3.5

3.1

2.7

2.3

54

4.1

3.7

3.3

2.9

2.5

55

4.3

3.9

3.4

3.0

2.6

56

4.6

4.1

3.7

3.2

2.8

57

4.8

4.3

3.8

3.4

2.9

58

5.1

4.6

4.1

3.6

3.1

59

5.3

4.8

4.2

3.7

3.2

60

5.6

5.0

4.5

3.9

3.4

61

5.4

5.3

4.7

4.1

3.5

62

6.2

5.6

5.0

4.3

3.7

63

6.5

5.8

5.2

4.6

3.9

64

6.7

6.0

5.4

4.7

4.0

65

7.0

6.3

5.6

4.9

4.2

66

7.3

6.6

5.8

5.1

4.4

67

7.6

6.8

6.1

5.3

4.6

68

7.9

7.1

6.3

5.5

4.7

69

8.2

7.4

6.6

5.7

4.9

70

8.5

7.6

6.8

6.0

5.1

71

8.7

7.8

7.0

6.1

5.2

72

9.0

8.1

7.2

6.3

5.4

73

9.2

3.3

7.4

6.4

5.5

74

9.5

8.6

7.6

6.6

5.7

75

9.7

8.7

7.8

6.8

5.8

76

9.9

8.9

7.9

6.9

5.9

77

10.1

9.1

8.1

7.1

6.1

78

10.4

9.4

8.3

7.3

6.2

79

10.6

9.5

8.5

7.4

6.4

80

10.8

9.7

8.6

7.6

6.5

81

11.0

9.9

8.8

7.7

6.6

82

11.2

10.1

9.0

7.8

6.7

83

11.4

10.3

9.1

8.0

6.8

84

11.5

10.4

9.2

8.0

6.9

85

11.7

10.5

9.4

8.2

7.0

86

11.9

10.7

9.5

8.3

7.1

87

12.1

10.9

9.7

3.5

7.3

88

12.3

11.1

9.8

8.6

7.4

89

12.6

11.3

10.1

8.8

7.6

90

12.8

11.5

10.2

9.0

7.7

91

13.0

11.7

10.4

9.1

7.8

92

13.2

11.9

10.6

9.2

7.9

93

13.5

12.2

10.8

9.4

8.1

94

13.7

12.3

11.0

9.6

8.2

95

14.2

12.8

11.4

9.9

8.5

96

14.5

13.0

11.6

10.2

8.7

97

14.8

13.3

11.8

10.4

8.9

98

15.0

13.5

12.0

10.5

9.0

99

15.3

13.8

12.2

10.7

9.2

100

15.5

14.0

12.4

10.8

9.3

101

15.8

14.2

12.6

11.1

9.5

102

16.1

14.4

12.9

11.3

9.7

103

16.4

14.8

13.1

11.5

9.8

104

16.7

15.0

13.4

11.7

10.0

105

16.9

15.2

13.5

11.8

10.1

106

17.2

15.4

13.8

12.0

10.3

107

17.5

15.8

14.0

12.2

10.5

108

17.8

16.0

14.2

12.5

10.7

109

18.2

16.4

14.6

12.7

10.9

B. Adults


Males (weight in kg)

Female (weight in kg)

Height

Standard

80%

70%

60%

Standard

80%

70%

60%

(cm)

weight

standard

standard

standard


standard

standard

standard

140





44.9

36.0

31.5

27.0

141





45.4

36.4

31.8

27.3

142





45.9

36.8

32.2

27.6

143





46.4

37.2

32.5

27.9

144





47.0

37.6

32.9

28.2

145

51.9

41.6

36.4

31.2

47.5

38.0

33.3

28.5

146

52.4

42.0

36.7

31.5

48.0

38.4

33.6

28.8

147

52.9

42.4

37.1

31.8

48.6

38.9

34.0

29.2

148

53.5

42.8

37.5

32.1

49.2

39.4

34.5

29.6

149

54.0

43.2

37.8

32.4

49.8

39.9

34.9

29.9

150

54.5

43.6

38.2

32.7

50.4

40.4

35.3

30.3

151

55.0

44.0

38.5

33.0

51.0

40.8

35.7

30.6

152

55.6

44.5

39.0

33.4

51.5

41.2

36.1

30.9

153

56.1

44.9

39.3

33.7

52.0

41.6

36.4

31.2

154

56.6

45.3

39.7

34.0

52.5

42.0

36.8

31.5

155

57.2

45.8

40.1

34.4

53.1

42.5

37.2

31.9

156

57.9

46.4

40.6

34.8

53.7

43.0

37.6

32.2

157

58.6

46.9

41.1

35.2

54.3

43.5

38.0

32.6

158

59.3

47.5

41.5

35.6

54.9

44.0

38.5

33.0

159

59.9

48.0

42.0

36.0

55.5

44.4

38.9

33.3

160

60.5

48.4

42.4

36.3

56.2

45.0

39.4

33.8

161

61.1

48.9

42.8

36.7

56.9

45.6

39.9

34.2

162

61.7

49.4

43.2

37.0

57.6

46.1

40.4

34.6

163

62.3

49.9

43.6

37.4

58.3

46.7

40.8

35.0

164

62.9

50.4

44.1

37.8

58.9

47.2

41.3

35.4

165

63.5

50.8

44.5

38.1

59.5

47.6

41.7

35.7

166

64.0

51.2

44.8

38.4

60.1

48.1

42.1

36.1

167

64.6

51.7

45.3

38.8

60.7

48.6

42.5

36.4

168

65.2

52.2

45.7

39.2

61.4

49.2

43.0

36.9

169

65.9

52.8

46.2

39.6

62.1

49.7

43.5

37.3

170

66.6

53.3

46.6

40.0





171

67.3

53.9

47.1

40.4





172

68.0

54.4

47.6

40.8





173

68.7

55.0

48.1

41.2





174

69.4

55.6

48.6

41.7





175

70.1

56.1

49.1

42.1





1 76

70.8

56.7

49.6

42.5





177

71.6

57.3

50.2

43.0





178

72.4

58.0

50.7

43.5





179

73.3

58.7

51.3

44.0