Table 5.
Mean and standard deviation for BMI (kg/m2) according to skin colour (black or white), adjusted for family income determined at each follow-up, among males and females in the different follow-ups of the 1982 birth cohort study. Pelotas, southern Brazil, 1982 to 2004–2005
| Males | Females | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White | Black | White | Black | |||||||
| Age (years) | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | P | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | P |
| 1 | 17·8 | 1·6 | 17·8 | 1·7 | 0·87 | 17·3 | 1·5 | 17·2 | 1·7 | 0·35 |
| 2 | 17·2 | 1·4 | 17·1 | 1·4 | 0·47 | 16·8 | 1·5 | 16·7 | 1·5 | 0·10 |
| 4 | 16·4 | 1·4 | 16·4 | 1·4 | 0·51 | 16·3 | 1·5 | 16·0 | 1·5 | 0·008 |
| 15 | 20·8 | 3·5 | 20·9 | 3·6 | 0·82 | 21·5 | 3·6 | 21·8 | 3·7 | 0·58 |
| 18/19 | 22·3 | 3·8 | 22·3 | 3·8 | 0·89 | 22·4 | 5·2 | 23·0 | 5·1 | 0·39 |
| 23 | 23·8 | 4·1 | 23·7 | 4·1 | 0·92 | 23·1 | 4·6 | 24·4 | 4·7 | <0·001 |