Table 1. Distribution of participants and mean (SD) BMI and BMI change by occupational class in Japan and Finland.

	Japan					Finland
	%	Baseline		BMI change		%	Baseline		BMI change
		BMI		per 5 years			BMI		per 5 years
		mean	SD	mean	SD		mean	SD	mean	SD
Men
Managers	8	23.5	2.71	−0.11	1.58	43	25.9	3.53	0.25	1.26
Professionals	47	23.4	2.85	0.29	1.51	19	26.7	4.28	0.21	1.31
Clerical employees	36	23.2	2.93	0.33	1.42	10	26.5	4.32	0.39	1.87
Manual workers	9	23.8	2.73	0.04	1.28	28	26.0	2.97	0.39	1.87
All	100	23.4	2.86	0.27	1.47	100	26.4	3.91	0.31	1.40
		(n = 2859)		(n = 2264)			(n = 1737)		(n = 1306)
Women
Professionalsa	70	21.6	2.97	0.13	1.34	46	24.7	4.14	0.54	1.51
Clerical workers	30	21.4	2.78	0.17	1.42	42	25.8	4.50	0.61	1.72
Manual employees	—	—		—		12	26.3	4.80	0.53	1.85
All	100	21.5	2.92	0.14	1.36	100	25.3	4.42	0.57	1.64
		(n = 1221)		(n = 1221)			(n = 6948)		(n = 5778)

^aManagers and professionals combined.