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Lafayette Instrument Skinfold Caliper II
3700 Sagamore Parkway North Lafayette, IN 47904
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Table 6: Percentile norms, sample sizes, mean, and standard deviations for
triceps skinfold thickness (in millimeters) for girls.
Percentiles
Source: From F. E. Johnson et al., Skinfold Thickness of Children 6-11 Years and Skinfold Thickness of Youth
12-17 Years (Washington, D.C.: U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, 1972, 1974). Also presented in
full in the AAHPERD Manual, 1980.
*The norms for age 17 can be used for age 18
Reference
Pollack, M.L., Schmidt, D.H., MD, Jackson, A.S., PED, Measurement of Cardio-Respiratory Fitness and Body
Composition in the Critical Setting, Comprehensive Therapy, Vol. 6, No. 9, September 1980.
Age 5th 25th 50th 75th 95th n X s
6 16 11 9 7 6 536 9.7 3.4
7 17 12 10 8 6 609 10.4 3.6
8 20 14 10 8 6 613 11.4 4.4
9 22 14 11 9 6 581 12.3 4.8
10 23 15 12 9 6 584 12.6 5.1
11 23 15 12 9 6 564 12.6 5.2
12 25 16 12 9 6 547 12.9 5.8
13 26 17 12 9 6 582 13.6 6.1
14 27 18 14 11 7 586 14.8 6.1
15 29 20 15 12 7 502 15.8 6.6
16 30 21 16 12 8 535 16.5 6.9
17* 29 20 16 12 8 468 16.5 6.2