Table 2.
Mean BMI ± standard deviation of the study population by socioeconomic status (SES) in men (n = 1522) and women (n = 1818)
| Method of describing SES | Men | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Time period individually |
|
|
||
|
SES at the age of 40 (t
1
) |
|
|
||
| Advantaged (0) |
26.4 ± 3.3 |
25.7 ± 3.8* |
||
| Disadvantaged (1) |
26.4 ± 3.4 |
26.7 ± 4.4 |
||
|
SES at the age of 50 (t
2
) |
|
|
||
| Advantaged (0) |
26.4 ± 3.3 |
25.7 ± 3.8* |
||
| Disadvantaged (1) |
26.3 ± 3.5 |
26.8 ± 4.4 |
||
|
SES at the age of 60 (t
3
) |
|
|
||
| Advantaged (0) |
26.4 ± 3,3 |
25.6 ± 3.5* |
||
| Disadvantaged (1) |
26.2 ± 3.5 |
26.6 ± 4.4 |
||
|
SES trajectories across three time periods |
|
|||
| t1 |
t2 |
t3 |
|
|
| 0 |
0 |
0 |
26.4 ± 3.5 |
25.3 ± 3.6** |
| 1 |
0 |
0 |
26.4 ± 3.1 |
25.8 ± 3.4 |
| 0 |
1 |
0 |
26.1 ± 2.8 |
25.3 ± 3.1 |
| 0 |
0 |
1 |
26.5 ± 3.6 |
25.7 ± 4.9 |
| 1 |
1 |
0 |
25.9 ± 3.1 |
26.6 ± 3.1 |
| 1 |
0 |
1 |
26.3 ± 3.2 |
26.3 ± 3.4 |
| 0 |
1 |
1 |
25.5 ± 2.8 |
26.1 ± 3.8 |
| 1 |
1 |
1 |
26.1 ± 3.5 |
26.6 ± 4.4 |
|
Accumulation score: number of times ‘disadvantaged’ | ||||
| 0 |
26.4 ± 3.5 |
25.3 ± 3.6 † |
||
| 1 |
26.4 ± 3.1 |
25.8 ± 3.5 |
||
| 2 |
25.9 ± 3.1 |
26.2 ± 3.6 |
||
| 3 | 26.1 ± 3.5 | 26.6 ± 4.4 | ||
*P < 0.01 compared to the disadvantaged group.
**P < 0.01 compared to the stable disadvantaged group (111).
†P < 0.01 compared to the most disadvantaged group (n disadvantaged = 3).