Engelsk titel: Stability of body mass index from adolescence to adulthood
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Författare:
Kvaavik E
;
Tell GS
;
Klepp KI
Email: ekvaavik@basalmed.uio.no
Språk: Nor
Antal referenser: 35
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 02041280
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INTERPRETATION : The probability of overweight in adulthood is predicted by both one's own relative weight during adolescence and by parental relative weight 18 years earlier.
RESULTS : In 1999, 26% of women and 53% of men had body mass index (BMI: weight in kg/height in meters2) > or = 25, and 7% of women and 11% of men had BMI > or = 30. Participants in the highest quartile of BMI in 1981 had significantly higher BMI in 1999 compared to those in the lowest 1981 quartile (mean and 95% confidence interval was 27.7 (27.0-28.3) kg/m2 versus 22.0 (21.3-22.7) kg/m2). The highest 1981 quartile also had a higher proportion of overweight and obese participants in 1999 than those in the lowest quartile; 64.8% overweight and 27% obese versus 18.8% overweight and 0.9% obese. Participants whose both parents were in the normal weight range in 1981 had lower mean body mass index in 1999 than those with one parent overweight, and a smaller proportion of them were overweight than among participants with both parents overweight.
MATERIAL AND METHODS : From 1979, 506 children participated in a twenty-years follow-up study. Mean age in 1979 was 13 years. Participants' weight and height were measured in 1979, 1981 and 1991, and self-reported in 1999. Weight and height of parents were reported in 1979 and in 1981. The cohort in this paper was followed up until 1999.
BACKGROUND : The purpose of this study was to track the development of body mass index from adolescence into adulthood and to study the association between parental and offspring's body mass index.