Multiple socioeconomic determinants of weight gain: the Helsinki Health Study

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Table 2 Age-adjusted prevalence (%) of weight gain (5 kg+) by age and socioeconomic determinants among women and men

	Women	Weight gain ≥ 5 kg	Men	Weight gain ≥ 5 kg
Age	n	% [95% CI]	n	% [95% CI]
40	1075	34 [31.7-36.9]	208	32 [26.1-37.4]
45	1150	34 [31.0-36.1]	226	33 [27.3-38.2]
50	1198	26 [23.3-28.3]	252	28 [23.0-33.3]
55	1330	21 [18.1-22.8]	361	18 [13.7-22.3]
60	617	14 [10.5-17.4]	205	10 [4.0-15.5]
Parental education
Higher	1114	24 [21.3-26.5]	330	22 [17.6-26.7]
Intermediate	1416	27 [25.1-29.7]	313	25 [20.0-29.3]
Basic	2840	27 [25.4-28.6]	609	24 [20.6-27.3]
Childhood economic difficulties
No difficulties	4403	26 [24.4-27.0]	1033	24 [21.3-26.4]
Difficulties	967	30 [27.2-32.7]	219	23 [17.2-28.2]
Own education
Higher	1353	22 [19.5-24.1]	439	22 [17.7-25.5]
Intermediate	2969	28 [26.2-29.4]	584	25 [21.8-28.6]
Basic	1048	29 [26.1-31.4]	229	24 [18.0-28.9]
Occupational class
Professionals	1474	24 [21.4-25.8]	571	21 [17.9-24.7]
Semi-professionals	1090	25 [22.7-27.9]	255	24 [18.5-28.8]
Routine non-manual employees	2110	29 [27.1-30.8]	124	26 [19.0-33.8]
Manual workers	696	27 [23.8-30.3]	302	27 [22.2-31.6]
Household income
Highest quartile	1298	26 [23.3-28.1]	314	20 [15.4-24.8]
2nd	1104	23 [20.8-26.0]	307	22 [17.5-26.8]
3rd	1521	28 [25.3-29.6]	316	24 [18.9-28.1]
Lowest quartile	1447	29 [26.2-30.7]	315	29 [24.1-33.4]
Home ownership
Owner-occupiers	3593	24 [23.0-25.8]	888	22 [18.9-24.4]
Renters	1777	31 [28.6-32.7]	364	29 [24.2-32.8]
Economic difficulties
No difficulties	2821	23 [21.6-24.8]	694	20 [17.0-23.3]
Occasional difficulties	1585	28 [25.8-30.1]	359	25 [21.0-29.7]
Frequent difficulties	964	34 [30.8-36.3]	199	33 [27.0-38.5]
Total	5370	27 [25.3-27.7]	1252	24 [21.2-26.0]

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