Obesity at age 42 Obesity at age 50
n%%%
Gender
Male299450.614.924.6
Female292749.413.522.6
Parental social class at birth
Unskilled (V)4397.916.626.0
Partly skilled (IV)68811.716.731.7
Skilled manual (III)291549.616.025.2
Skilled non-manual (III)66110.911.020.0
Managerial\tech (II)91215.09.616.4
Professional (I)3065.07.815.4
Educational qualifications at age 33
No qualifications4296.721.736.1
CSE 2-5/equivalent NVQ167310.519.026.4
O Level/equivalent NVQ2207726.314.625.8
A level/equivalent NVQ 392118.811.521.0
Higher qualification/equivalent NVQ497033.114.823.3
University degree/equivalent NVQ 5, 68514.77.812.8
Own current social class
Unskilled (V)1222.321.328.7
Partly skilled (IV)63910.916.325.7
Skilled manual (III)105718.816.727.1
Skilled non-manual (III)122320.211.922.8
Managerial\tech (II)251441.714.122.3
Professional (I)3666.09.319.7

Table 1. Characteristics of the study population according to prevalence of obesity at 42 and 50 years.

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