Table 1.
Demographic variables at age 24 by age 5-15 BMI trajectory group(n=136)
| Age 5-15 BMI trajectory group |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| UPC (n=15) |
DDPC (n=24) |
60PT (n=46) |
50PT (n=51) |
|
| Education level | ||||
| High school | 20% | 8% | 11% | 8% |
| Vocational/technical | 0% | 0% | 4% | 4% |
| Associates | 20% | 0% | 11% | 10% |
| Bachelor’s | 47% | 88% | 63% | 67% |
| Graduate | 13% | 4% | 11% | 10% |
| Other | 0% | 0% | 0% | 2% |
| Student status | ||||
| Not a student | 80% | 79% | 61% | 69% |
| Part-time student | 7% | 7% | 17% | 2% |
| Full-time student | 0% | 8% | 7% | 10% |
| Graduate/professional | 13% | 13% | 15% | 19% |
| student | ||||
| Work status | ||||
| < 30 hours/week | 33% | 22% | 15% | 20% |
| 30+ hours/week | 67% | 75% | 80% | 74% |
| No answer | 0% | 3% | 4% | 6% |
| Relationship status | ||||
| Single/casually | 53% | 33% | 33% | 39% |
| dating | ||||
| Committed | 40% | 54% | 54% | 51% |
| relationship/engaged | ||||
| Married | 7% | 8% | 13% | 10% |
| Separated/divorced | 0% | 4% | 0% | 0% |
UPC = upward percentile crossing; DDPC = delayed downward percentile crossing; 60PT = 60th percentile tracking; 50PT = 50th percentile tracking
There were no significant differences between the groups in any of the demographic variables