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BMIs standardized for age and sex (standard deviation scores, SDSs) were negatively correlated with age in these inpatients aged 8 to 18 years. Methods: The aims of the current retrospective study were threefold: first, to confirm the relationships of BMI, BMI-SDS and age in adolescent inpatients in a larger sample; second, to systematically assess the relationship of BMI, BMI-SDS, body height-SDS and age in adult inpatients at the time of referral; and third, to assess body height-SDSs and age to evaluate stunting. Results: We included 1001 girls (aged 12\u201317.9 years) and 1371 women (aged 18\u201373 years) admitted to inpatient treatment between 2014 and 2021. Mean BMI at admission was 14.95 kg\/m2 (SD = 1.43; range 10.67\u201318.47) in adolescents and 14.63 kg\/m2 (SD = 2.02; range 8.28\u201318.47) in adults. None of the adolescent patients but 20 adults had very low BMI values below 10 kg\/m2. Adolescents showed a small but significant positive correlation between age and BMI (r = 0.12; p = 2.4 \u00d7 10\u22124). In adults, BMI was not correlated with age (r = \u22120.03; p = 0.3). BMI-SDSs was negatively correlated with age in adolescents and less so in adults (r = \u22120.35; p &lt; 0.001 and r = \u22120.09; p = 0.001). Curve fit analyses for all patients indicated that there was a quadratic (age \u00d7 age) relationship between age and BMI-SDS. Height correlated positively with BMI in adult (r = 0.1; p &lt; 0.001) and adolescent (r = 0.09 p = 0.005) patients and we detected no evidence for stunting. Conclusions: In conclusion, the BMI of inpatients seems to be relatively stable across the age span with mean values between 14 and 15 kg\/m2. 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