Table 3.
Sex-specific cohort characteristics
| Males |
Females |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | BMI |
Age |
n | BMI |
Age |
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| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |||
| NFBC 1966 | 2636 | 25.2 | 3.6 | 31 | 0 | 2862 | 23.3 | 3.2 | 31 | 0 |
| ATBC | 2126 | 26.9 | 4.2 | 64 | 5 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| FINRISK | 1555 | 28.0 | 4.1 | 58 | 10 | 710 | 28.2 | 5.2 | 58 | 9 |
| Health2000 | 2437 | 27.0 | 3.9 | 52 | 14 | 2883 | 26.7 | 4.9 | 55 | 16 |
| YF | 985 | 26.7 | 4.2 | 38 | 5 | 1180 | 25.4 | 5.1 | 38 | 5 |
| BWHHS | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 3109 | 27.3 | 4.5 | 69 | 5 |
| ERF | 909 | 27.3 | 4.3 | 50 | 15 | 1195 | 26.4 | 4.9 | 49 | 15 |
| Rotterdam | 3320 | 26.5 | 3.7 | 70 | 10 | 2369 | 25.6 | 2.9 | 68 | 8 |
| KORA S3 | 783 | 27.6 | 3.4 | 53 | 10 | 795 | 26.7 | 4.2 | 52 | 10 |
| KORA S4 | 859 | 27.8 | 3.5 | 54 | 9 | 896 | 27.2 | 4.6 | 54 | 9 |
NA, not available; SD, standard deviation; BMI, body mass index; n, number of individuals.