. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Apr 8.

Published in final edited form as: Int J Epidemiol. 2006 Aug 22;35(5):1233–1238. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyl160

Table 3.

Mean current height, and prevalence of overweight (BMI > 25), by sex and family income (at birth and at 19 years of age)

Family income tertiles	N		Mean height (cm)		Overweight (%)
Family income tertiles	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female
1982			P < 0.001	P < 0.001	P = 0.073	P = 0.783
Low	149	142	171.2	159.4	10.8	16.4
Middle	201	140	173.6	160.6	17.0	16.7
High	208	191	175.2	163.0	18.3	17.6
2001			P < 0.001	P < 0.001	P < 0.001	P = 0.231
Low	184	149	172.3	159.4	9.1	19.3
Middle	203	141	173.6	160.9	14.9	17.9
High	171	183	175.0	162.9	24.4	14.4
All	558	473	173.6	161.2	15.9	17.0

All P-values for linear trend tests.