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Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2009 Dec 24;18(6):1235–1241. doi: 10.1038/oby.2009.463

Table 2. Weight status in adolescence and educational attainment.

	NLSY 1979				NLSY 1997
	Years of education completed		Successful college degree attainment		Years of education completed		Successful college degree attainment
	Unadjusted mean	Adjusted^a mean	Unadjusted prevalence	Adjusted^a likelihood	Unadjusted mean	Adjusted^a mean	Unadjusted prevalence	Adjusted^a likelihood
Normal weight	13.0	12.6	21.2%	1.00	13.7	13.5	23.8%	1.00
Overweight	12.6	12.5	15.8%	1.03 (0.70–1.37)	13.5	13.5	16.7%	0.85 (0.65–1.05)
Obese	12.8	12.6	18.0%	1.13 (0.61–1.65)	13.1	13.3	9.9%	0.61 (0.38–0.83)^*
P value for trend	0.02	0.48	0.13	0.53	<0.005	0.6	<0.005	<0.005

Adjusted for age, height, sex, race, parental income and education, participant aptitude tests and rural residence.

P < 0.05