Table 1 Changes of BMI for 1264 men and 1768 women after an average 3.6-year follow-up
Population* | N | follow-up (month) | BMI | BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  |  |  | mean ± SD | n (%) | ||||
| Â | Â | Â | Baseline | Follow-up | p | Baseline | Follow-up | p |
Men | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   25–34 y | 54 | 36 | 24.5 ± 3.4 | 24.8 ± 3.4 | 0.091 | 23(42.6) | 24(44.4) | 0.903 |
   35–44 y | 241 | 44 | 23.5 ± 3.2 | 23.9 ± 3.2 | 0.000 | 73(30.3) | 85(35.3) | 0.407 |
   45–54 y | 267 | 47 | 23.8 ± 3.1 | 23.9 ± 3.0 | 0.332 | 92(34.5) | 97(36.3) | 0.755 |
   55–64 y | 186 | 45 | 24.1 ± 3.0 | 24.1 ± 2.9 | 0.957 | 70(37.6) | 68(36.6) | 0.884 |
   65–74 y | 315 | 43 | 24.4 ± 3.1 | 24.1 ± 3.3 | 0.016 | 136(43.2) | 136(43.2) | 1.000 |
   75–95 y | 201 | 40 | 23.2 ± 3.5 | 22.8 ± 3.6 | 0.001 | 62(30.8) | 62(30.8) | 1.000 |
Women | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   25–34 y | 51 | 35 | 22.1 ± 2.8 | 22.1 ± 2.7 | 0.755 | 9(17.6) | 7(13.7) | 0.642 |
   35–44 y | 421 | 44 | 23.4 ± 3.2 | 23.7 ± 3.2 | 0.000 | 119(28.3) | 130(30.9) | 0.540 |
   45–54 y | 443 | 47 | 24.1 ± 3.4 | 24.2 ± 3.4 | 0.329 | 168(37.9) | 169(38.1) | 1.000 |
   55–64 y | 247 | 48 | 25.1 ± 3.5 | 25.0 ± 3.6 | 0.209 | 122(49.4) | 119(48.2) | 0.874 |
   65–74 y | 386 | 45 | 25.0 ± 3.6 | 24.6 ± 3.6 | 0.000 | 196(50.8) | 174(45.1) | 0.347 |
   75–94 y | 220 | 42 | 24.3 ± 4.0 | 23.7 ± 4.2 | 0.000 | 97(44.1) | 80(36.4) | 0.280 |