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LOINC 2.82

Body mass index (BMI) [Percentile] Per age and sex

BMI Prctl Per age+sex

Definition

  • The percentile of a patient's body mass index indicates the relative position of the patient's BMI number among a given population. For children and teens the interpretation of BMI is both age- and sex-specific.

Component

  • Body mass index

Specimen / system

  • ^Patient

Class

  • BDYWGT.MOLEC

Property

  • Prctl

Scale

  • Qn

Method

  • Per age and sex

Related names

  • BMI; bod; Bodies; BODY WEIGHT.MOLEC; Gender; Per age+sex; Percentile; Point in time; QNT; Quan; Quant; Quantitative; Quetelet index; Random

Index terms

  • BMI
  • bod
  • Bodies
  • BODY WEIGHT.MOLEC
  • Gender
  • Per age+sex
  • Percentile
  • Point in time
  • QNT
  • Quan
  • Quant
  • Quantitative
  • Quetelet index
  • Random