Table 1. Mean and 95^th percentile of BMI by age, sex, and ethnicity from NHANES and KNHANES data

Ethnicity
Sex		Age (years)	Mexican American	Other Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Non-Hispanic Black	Non-Hispanic Asian	Korean	Other race
Mean BMI	Male	20 - 24	29.21	28.50	28.40	25.49	25.69	23.96	27.94
		25 - 29	30.87	29.08	27.80	28.15	25.43	25.14	28.78
		30 - 34	30.50	30.48	30.35	30.71	27.84	25.46	29.59
		35 - 39	31.04	29.41	29.89	29.72	26.95	25.23	29.44
		40 - 44	31.10	31.49	30.34	31.26	25.99	25.14	33.30
		45 - 49	30.10	29.81	30.37	31.20	26.22	25.03	30.27
		50 - 54	31.22	30.87	29.91	30.06	25.93	24.84	30.41
		55 - 59	30.55	30.98	29.71	29.76	25.88	24.47	29.33
		60 - 64	30.04	30.75	30.40	28.87	25.75	24.41	31.10
		65 - 69	30.29	29.65	30.39	29.64	25.08	24.14	27.27
		70 - 74	29.56	29.36	29.28	29.02	24.29	23.97	30.21
		Over 75	27.99	27.74	28.25	27.10	24.56	23.28	28.71
	Female	20 - 24	29.65	28.45	26.96	29.11	23.86	21.84	30.02
		25 - 29	30.16	29.62	29.11	30.77	25.32	22.20	30.20
		30 - 34	31.30	29.36	29.52	32.42	24.19	22.58	29.89
		35 - 39	32.57	29.26	30.66	33.57	24.40	22.80	35.13
		40 - 44	31.52	29.94	31.19	35.06	24.51	23.04	31.43
		45 - 49	32.42	31.97	31.19	34.43	25.96	23.57	29.21
		50 - 54	31.30	30.36	31.28	35.49	25.13	23.75	33.92
		55 - 59	31.77	31.52	30.15	33.72	24.76	23.86	29.97
		60 - 64	32.28	30.72	30.97	32.29	25.61	24.37	31.69
		65 - 69	32.09	31.41	30.85	32.42	25.82	24.55	33.38
		70 - 74	32.22	29.81	30.73	31.40	26.05	24.55	31.40
		Over 75	29.48	28.43	28.27	29.88	24.00	24.18	26.83
95th percentile BMI	Male	20 - 24	43.7	44.0	43.3	35.7	34.4	32.0	36.9
		25 - 29	45.0	37.8	40.6	41.6	32.5	32.9	40.2
		30 - 34	45.5	39.6	43.9	45.7	41.8	32.5	40.3
		35 - 39	39.6	40.3	43.8	44.4	35.2	31.4	44.4
		40 - 44	40.1	43.3	41.8	41.3	32.5	31.2	47.9
		45 - 49	40.1	41.0	42.9	42.9	32.6	30.6	45.0
		50 - 54	44.1	41.2	42.7	42.7	31.6	29.9	42.8
		55 - 59	42.6	45.1	42.6	41.8	38.0	29.3	39.5
		60 - 64	37.8	42.0	44.0	40.8	33.0	29.4	44.7
		65 - 69	37.7	38.5	41.1	41.4	29.5	28.8	33.2
		70 - 74	38.1	42.4	38.4	37.9	29.7	29.0	41.0
		Over 75	34.5	35.2	36.1	36.5	29.1	28.2	36.9
	Female	20 - 24	48.2	47.7	41.6	43.3	34.4	29.7	44.9
		25 - 29	44.3	45.2	43.3	45.8	37.8	30.6	44.1
		30 - 34	49.9	42.5	46.5	51.1	31.1	30.3	41.7
		35 - 39	45.8	44.7	45.6	47.6	32.8	30.4	60.9
		40 - 44	43.5	40.0	47.4	51.3	35.3	30.7	45.8
		45 - 49	41.6	42.8	45.4	49.9	34.5	30.3	46.0
		50 - 54	42.6	45.5	48.6	57.3	31.8	30.3	52.9
		55 - 59	44.6	41.8	44.3	49.1	31.5	29.8	47.9
		60 - 64	43.1	42.8	46.9	46.5	36.5	30.4	45.0
		65 - 69	45.6	45.3	42.8	48.2	35.4	30.5	43.8
		70 - 74	46.2	39.6	45.7	42.1	36.5	30.3	36.8
		Over 75	38.9	36.6	38.7	42.0	31.2	30.0	44.2

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; KNHANES, Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey; NHANES, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey