Twenty-five year trends in body mass index by education and income in Finland

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Characteristics of respondents by study periods

		1978-1982		1983-1987		1988-1992		1993-1997		1998-2002
		Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men
BMI	M	23,8	25,1	23,8	25,3	24,0	25,6	24,4	25,9	24,6	26,1
	SD	3,6	3,1	3,7	3,2	3,8	3,4	3,8	3,4	4,2	3,5
	N	5254	6519	4448	4278	5565	5341	4996	4506	5127	4695
Household income per comsumption unit
low	M	3220	3010	5960	5600	9410	9120	10640	10000	12220	11920
	SD	1130	1080	2320	2260	2610	2640	2970	2880	3530	3570
	N	1740	2165	1482	1421	1857	1774	1664	1500	1701	1556
intermediate	M	5800	5530	9720	9300	15040	15000	17360	17160	20400	20660
	SD	630	640	2510	2610	1870	1880	1900	2200	2230	2420
	N	1759	2171	1483	1430	1856	1782	1664	1502	1712	1569
high	M	9340	9190	15380	14970	24430	24830	28090	29380	36730	38250
	SD	3080	2900	7540	6020	10380	10290	8893	11100	40330	31980
	N	1755	2183	1483	1427	1852	1785	1668	1504	1714	1570
Education (in years)
low	M	7	7	7	7	8	8	9	8	9	9
	SD	1,28	1,37	1,12	1,07	1,04	1,00	1,18	1,22	1,31	1,14
	N	2091	2286	1420	1502	1420	1825	1676	1471	1682	1493
intermediate	M	10	9	10	10	11	11	12	11	13	12
	SD	0,72	0,82	1,02	0,78	1,04	0,90	1,04	0,97	1,14	1,00
	N	1509	2007	1561	1353	1561	1821	1680	1567	1747	1707
high	M	14	14	15	15	16	16	17	16	17	17
	SD	2,54	2,82	2,24	2,56	2,11	2,35	2,19	2,34	2,24	2,56
	N	1654	2226	1467	1423	1850	1695	1640	1468	1698	1495
Means (M) and standard deviations (SD)

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