Table 4 Adjusted ¹ mean BMI values (kg/m ² ) and annual change in BMI (ΔBMI per year by age group and birth cohort, test of trend) in individuals 16–71 years, presented according to age, birth cohort and assessment period (longitudinal samples of the Swedish population from 1980/81, 1988/89, 1996/97 and 2004/05) by the adjusted model in Table 1 Men

1910-17

-

-

-

-

-

25.2

-

1918-25

-

-

-

-

25.4

25.6

ns

1926-33

-

-

-

25.1

25.9

26.0

0.042*

1934-41

-

-

24.7

25.4

25.9

26.3

0.067*

1942-49

-

24.0

25.1

25.9

26.3

-

0.095*

1950-57

23.2

24.5

25.6

26.4

-

-

0.13*

1958-65

23.6

25.1

26.4

-

-

-

0.17*

1966-73

24.0

25.6

-

-

-

-

0.21*

1974-81

24.4

-

-

-

-

-

0.21*

1982-89

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

ΔBMI age group

0.049*

0.068*

0.071*

0.056*

0.033*

0.046*

1988/89

1996/97

2004/05