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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study cohort

From: Sex-specific associations between adolescent categories of BMI with cardiovascular and non-cardiovascular mortality in midlife

 

BMI (kg/m2)

Total

< 18.5

18.50–21.99

22.0–24.99

25.0–29.99

≥ 30.0

Women

Number of participants

128,876

448,712

224,937

99,867

25,476

927,868

Age (years)

17.3

17.3

17.3

17.3

17.3

17.3

Height (cm)

162.8

162.1

161.8

161.8

162.3

162.1

Mean BMI (kg/m2)

17.5

20.3

23.3

26.8

32.9

21.7

12 years schooling (%)

91

91

90

89

90

91

Low residential SES (%)

20

20

21

22

23

21

Born in Israel (%)

87

87

86

87

87

87

Country of origin (%)

 Israel

13.7

48.9

23.9

10.7

2.8

 

 USSR

13.7

47.3

24.5

11.4

3.1

 

 Asia

16.4

49.0

22.6

9.7

2.4

 

 Africa

12.5

47.1

25.2

12.0

3.3

 

 Europe

12.7

49.2

25.0

10.6

2.5

 

 Ethiopia

29.3

45.4

16.5

7.1

1.7

 

Men

Number of participants

186,190

678,005

324,665

139,556

37,855

1,366,271

Age (years)

17.3

17.3

17.4

17.4

17.4

17.4

Height (cm)

173.2

173.4

173.7

174.0

174.0

173.5

Mean BMI (kg/m2)

17.5

20.3

23.3

26.8

32.9

21.6

12 years schooling (%)

71

72

75

76

76

73

Low residential SES (%)

27

27

26

27

30

27

Born in Israel (%)

84

83

82

83

84

83

Country of origin (%)

 Israel

13.2

48.6

24.1

10.9

3.2

 

 USSR

11.2

46.0

26.4

12.7

3.7

 

 Asia

16.9

50.7

21.4

8.7

2.3

 

 Africa

12.7

51.6

23.5

9.5

2.7

 

 Europe

11.9

48.6

25.5

11.2

2.8

 

 Ethiopia

31.2

52.6

11.2

3.9

1.1

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