Table 5.
Characteristics of fathers and grandparents based on available self-reported questionnaires at enrolment
| Paternal | Paternal | Maternal | Maternal | ||
| Father | grandfather | grandmother | grandfather | grandmother | |
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| n | 7607 | 685 | 1069 | 1397 | 3455 |
| Mean age, years (SD) | 33.6 (5.9) | 64.1 (6.0) | 61.1 (5.9) | 62.9 (6.1) | 58.9 (6.1) |
| Mean height (cm) (SD)a | 172.1 (5.8) | 167.5 (5.9) | 155.1 (5.1) | 168.0 (5.8) | 155.6 (5.3) |
| Mean weight (kg) (SD)a | 69.6 (10.5) | 67.5 (9.0) | 55.1 (8.6) | 67.8 (9.3) | 56.0 (8.9) |
| Mean BMI (kg/m2) (SD)a | 23.5 (3.2) | 24.1 (2.9) | 22.9 (3.5) | 24.0 (2.9) | 23.1 (3.5) |
| BMI, n (%) | |||||
| BMI <18.5 kg/m2, n (%) | 255 (3.4) | 6 (0.9) | 78 (7.3) | 29 (2.1) | 197 (5.7) |
| BMI 18.5 kg/m2–<25.0 kg/m2, n (%) | 5051 (66.4) | 438 (63.9) | 735 (68.8) | 886 (63.4) | 2332 (67.5) |
| BMI ≥25.0 kg/m2, n (%) | 2106 (27.7) | 235 (34.3) | 239 (22.4) | 464 (33.2) | 847 (24.5) |
| Missing or out of range (≤mean -3SD or ≥mean+3SD), n (%) | 195 (2.6) | 6 (0.9) | 17 (1.6) | 18 (1.3) | 79 (2.3) |
| Smoking status, n (%) | |||||
| Never smoker | 2505 (32.9) | 155 (22.6) | 878 (82.1) | 301 (21.5) | 2543 (73.6) |
| Past smoker | 2134 (28.1) | 340 (49.6) | 93 (8.7) | 709 (50.8) | 392 (11.3) |
| Current smoker | 2877 (37.8) | 166 (24.2) | 65 (6.1) | 333 (23.8) | 397 (11.5) |
| Missing | 91 (1.2) | 24 (3.5) | 33 (3.1) | 54 (3.9) | 123 (3.6) |
| Alcohol drinking, n (%) | |||||
| Constitutionally never drinker | 314 (4.1) | 23 (3.4) | 69 (6.5) | 55 (3.9) | 205 (5.9) |
| Never drinker | 1584 (20.8) | 90 (13.1) | 519 (48.6) | 182 (13.0) | 1593 (46.1) |
| Past drinker | 87 (1.1) | 21 (3.1) | 15 (1.4) | 45 (3.2) | 64 (1.9) |
| Current drinker | 5598 (73.6) | 551 (80.4) | 451 (42.2) | 1111 (79.5) | 1564 (45.3) |
| Missing | 24 (0.3) | 0 (0.0) | 15 (1.4) | 4 (0.3) | 29 (0.8) |
a
Values of ≤mean -3SD or ≥mean +3SD are deleted.