Table 4.
Adjusted1 mean BMI values (kg/m2) and annual change in BMI (ΔBMI per year by age group and birth cohort, test of trend) in individuals 16–71 years, presented according to age, birth cohort and assessment period (longitudinal samples of the Swedish population from 1980/81, 1988/89, 1996/97 and 2004/05) by the adjusted model in Table1Men
|
Variable |
Age group |
|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birth cohort | 16-23 | 24-31 | 32-39 | 40-47 | 48-55 | 56-63 | 64-71 | ΔBMI cohort |
|
1910-17 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
25.2 |
- |
|
1918-25 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
25.4 |
25.6 |
ns |
|
1926-33 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
25.1 |
25.9 |
26.0 |
0.042* |
|
1934-41 |
- |
- |
- |
24.7 |
25.4 |
25.9 |
26.3 |
0.067* |
|
1942-49 |
- |
- |
24.0 |
25.1 |
25.9 |
26.3 |
- |
0.095* |
|
1950-57 |
- |
23.2 |
24.5 |
25.6 |
26.4 |
- |
- |
0.13* |
|
1958-65 |
22.0 |
23.6 |
25.1 |
26.4 |
- |
- |
- |
0.17* |
|
1966-73 |
22.2 |
24.0 |
25.6 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0.21* |
|
1974-81 |
22.6 |
24.4 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0.21* |
|
1982-89 |
22.7 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
ΔBMI age group |
0.032* |
0.049* |
0.068* |
0.071* |
0.056* |
0.033* |
0.046* |
|
| 1980/81 | 1988/89 | 1996/97 | 2004/05 | |||||
1 Adjusted for education, urbanization, smoking habits, physical activity and chronic diseases.
* p<0.05.
Figures are presented in format according to years: 1980/81 plain, 1988/89 italic, 1996/97 bold, 2004/05 bold and italic.