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%