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Table 2 Body Fat % on Gender, Age (months), BMI (kg.m-2) BF% = G + H Age + J [1 -exp(-BMI/K))]

From: Height, mass, and body fat percentage as functions of bmi, gender and age for PSDA from the NHANES 1999-2004 data sets

Gender/Age

G

H

J

K

Male <= 240 mo

1.1718

-0.1285

88.2678

29.5664

Male >240 mo

-27.0486

0.0080

72.3643

22.8774

Female <= 240 mo

-9.8860

-0.0211

73.8279

22.0326

Female >240 mo

-37.3765

0.0057

87.5662

14.4364

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