Table 1. Descriptive analysis of BMI and possible confounders in four longitudinal profiles of affective symptoms in men and women.
| Affective symptoms profiles |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Absence of symptoms |
Adolescent-onset repeated symptoms |
Adolescent-onset with good adult outcome |
Adult-onset repeated symptoms |
p a | |
| Men | ||||||
| BMI (kg/m2) | ||||||
| At age 7 years | 1992 | 15.93 (1.29) | 15.75 (1.32) | 15.71 (1.37) | 16.12 (1.37) | 0.0004 |
| At age 11 years | 2021 | 17.43 (2.09) | 16.92 (2.14) | 17.14 (2.38) | 17.46 (2.10) | <0.0001 |
| At age 15 years | 1871 | 19.79 (2.33) | 19.14 (2.53) | 19.29 (2.80) | 19.93 (2.29) | <0.0001 |
| At age 20 years | 1799 | 22.81 (2.38) | 22.32 (2.56) | 22.28 (2.50) | 22.70 (2.58) | 0.001 |
| At age 26 years | 1799 | 23.61 (2.85) | 23.10 (2.78) | 23.04 (3.12) | 23.47 (2.63) | 0.006 |
| At age 36 years | 1632 | 25.07 (3.12) | 24.41 (3.27) | 24.74 (3.57) | 24.79 (3.38) | 0.009 |
| At age 43 years | 1617 | 25.92 (3.38) | 25.21 (3.56) | 25.59 (3.62) | 25.92 (3.77) | 0.007 |
| At age 53 years | 1452 | 27.45 (3.87) | 27.24 (4.38) | 27.51 (4.31) | 27.48 (3.81) | 0.8 |
| Childhood SC, % manual | 2113 | 57.7 | 60.8 | 57.8 | 57.6 | 0.61 |
| Adult SC, % manual | 2106 | 41.7 | 46.8 | 49.6 | 35.3 | 0.003 |
| Lifelong smoking status, % never smoker |
1693 | 24.8 | 20.7 | 30.7 | 23.1 | 0.01 |
| Conduct problems, % yes | 2199 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 9.2 | 11.7 | 0.05 |
| Women | ||||||
| BMI (kg/m2) | ||||||
| At age 7 years | 1869 | 15.72 (1.43) | 15.72 (1.77) | 15.63 (1.70) | 15.73 (1.51) | 0.9 |
| At age 11 years | 1868 | 17.45 (2.42) | 17.50 (2.90) | 17.26 (2.62) | 17.55 (2.48) | 0.8 |
| At age 15 years | 1693 | 20.72 (2.81) | 20.49 (3.21) | 20.19 (2.88) | 20.96 (3.06) | 0.05 |
| At age 20 years | 1708 | 21.89 (2.83) | 21.74 (2.96) | 21.62 (2.96) | 21.97 (2.96) | 0.6 |
| At age 26 years | 1759 | 22.40 (3.05) | 22.31 (3.53) | 22.15 (2.82) | 22.55 (3.24) | 0.6 |
| At age 36 years | 1648 | 23.60 (3.79) | 23.47 (4.26) | 23.36 (4.16) | 23.73 (4.14) | 0.8 |
| At age 43 years | 1608 | 25.13 (4.37) | 25.07 (5.04) | 25.62 (5.49) | 25.29 (4.72) | 0.7 |
| At age 53 years | 1495 | 27.19 (5.08) | 27.55 (5.58) | 28.00 (6.24) | 27.51 (5.57) | 0.5 |
| Childhood SC, % manual | 2113 | 55.7 | 63.6 | 64.5 | 56.6 | 0.004 |
| Adult SC, % manual | 2029 | 25.9 | 33.2 | 31.6 | 31.8 | 0.01 |
| Lifelong smoking status, % never smoker |
1694 | 33.2 | 32.6 | 49.6 | 22.2 | <0.0001 |
| Conduct problems, % yes | 2017 | 6.5 | 5.4 | 2.2 | 8.3 | 0.06 |
BMI, Body mass index; SC, social class.
Values are given as mean (standard deviation) or percentage.
a
p Value for heterogeneity across groups.