Table 3.
Mean values of change in body mass index (BMI) from childhood to adulthood and prevalence of obesity in adulthood by quintiles of BMI in childhood
| Quintiles of BMI in childhood | Men | Women | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Change in BMI | Obesity prevalence in adulthood | Change in BMI | Obesity prevalence in adulthood | |||
| Mean | SD | % | Mean | SD | % | |
| 1st | 9,4 | 3,7 | 8.7 | 7,7 | 4,1 | 9.1 |
| 2nd | 9,1 | 3,7 | 13.0 | 7,5 | 3,1 | 3.6 |
| 3rd | 9,7 | 5,1 | 23.4 | 6,8 | 3,5 | 10.7 |
| 4th | 9,6 | 3,9 | 31.1 | 8,2 | 5,3 | 27.3 |
| 5th | 7,5 | 6,0 | 50.0 | 7,8 | 5,4 | 56.4 |
| P value | 0.534* | <0.001** | 0.128* | <0.001** | ||
*P value from analysis of variance; **P value from χ 2 test.