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Predicted average BMI trajectories for females by respondents’ education and race/ ethnicity, National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY79).
Note: Predicted trajectories based on Model 6 estimates. Mother’s education held constant at 12 years of schooling; remaining covariates held constant at their grand mean. Predicted trajectories represent respondents in the 1961–1964 birth cohort who did not die during survey interval.
