Table 1.
Mean (SD) height and body mass index standard deviation scores from childhood to adulthood by father's social class at birth
| Height SD score
|
Body mass index SD score
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 9 (n=667) | Age 13 (n=608) | Age 50 (n=516) | Age 9 (n=667) | Age 13 (n=594) | Age 50 (n=514) | ||
| Paternal social class at birth: | |||||||
| 1 or 2 | −0.24 (1.03) | −0.99 (1.17) | −0.07 (0.90) | 0.03 (0.90) | −0.14 (1.11) | 0.92 (1.14) | |
| 3 | −0.39 (1.08) | −1.08 (1.26) | −0.11 (1.04) | −0.04 (1.05) | −0.14 (1.03) | 1.14 (1.08) | |
| 4 | −0.53 (1.11) | −1.24 (1.21) | −0.20 (0.95) | −0.06 (0.95) | −0.08 (1.10) | 1.30 (1.03) | |
| 5 and unemployed | −0.84 (1.03) | −1.58 (1.22) | −0.29 (0.97) | 0.10 (0.92) | −0.10 (1.23) | 1.40 (1.03) | |
| P value* | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.15 | 0.35 | 0.65 | 0.007 | |
*
Analysis of variance.