Table 1.
Characteristics of Males in a Data Set Created by Linkage Between the Copenhagen School Health Records Register and the Copenhagen Centre for Prospective Population Studies, Denmark
| Study (Ref. No.) | Years of First Investigation | No. of Subjects | Mean Age, years | Mean Birth Weight, kg | Mean 7-Year BMIa | Mean 13-Year BMI | Mean Adult BMI | Mean Systolic Blood Pressure, mm Hg |
| Copenhagen City Heart Study, examination 1 (28)b | 1976–1978 | 376 | 33.6 (5.9)c | 3.42 (0.58) | 15.4 (1.3) | 18.7 (2.4) | 24.5 (3.8) | 129.3 (13.0) |
| Copenhagen City Heart Study, examination 2 (28)d | 1981–1983 | 103 | 33.5 (8.6) | 3.42 (0.55) | 15.5 (1.3) | 19.0 (2.9) | 25.1 (4.3) | 135.7 (15.6) |
| Copenhagen City Heart Study, examination 3 (29) | 1991–1994 | 238 | 40.2 (8.5) | 3.45 (0.58) | 15.3 (1.4) | 18.6 (2.4) | 25.3 (3.7) | 132.4 (16.5) |
| Research Centre for Prevention and Health, 1936 birth cohort (30)b | 1976–1977 | 92 | 40.4 (0.4) | 3.52 (0.61) | 15.3 (1.2) | 18.9 (2.0) | 25.1 (3.4) | 131.2 (15.8) |
| Danish MONICA Study, phase I (31)b | 1982–1984 | 237 | 36.8 (4.9) | 3.42 (0.51) | 15.6 (1.3) | 19.0 (2.3) | 24.5 (3.0) | 121.4 (12.7) |
| Danish MONICA Study, phase II (31) | 1986–1987 | 120 | 41.8 (7.3) | 3.46 (0.58) | 15.3 (1.2) | 18.3 (2.1) | 25.5 (3.4) | 122.5 (14.7) |
| Danish MONICA Study, phase III (31) | 1991–1992 | 118 | 43.2 (7.4) | 3.50 (0.58) | 15.5 (1.3) | 19.1 (2.7) | 26.1 (3.5) | 122.2 (15.0) |
| Total | 1,284 | 37.5 (7.5) | 3.45 (0.57) | 15.4 (1.3) | 18.8 (2.4) | 25.0 (3.6) | 127.8 (15.2) |
Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; MONICA, Monitoring of Trends and Determinants in Cardiovascular Disease.
a
Weight (kg)/height (m)2.
b
A subset of participants had height, weight, and blood pressure measured at a 5-year follow-up examination.
c
Numbers in parentheses, standard deviation.
d
A subset of participants had height, weight, and blood pressure measured at a 10-year follow-up examination.