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Table 1 Characteristics of males by time intervals (n  = 1,627,557)

From: The opposing trends of body mass index and blood pressure during 1977–2020; nationwide registry of 2.8 million male and female adolescents

 

1977–1980 (n  = 97,483)

1981–1985 (n  = 1,35,678)

1986–1990 (n  = 1,57,008)

1991–1995 (n  = 2,05,252)

1996–2000 (n  = 2,07,875)

2001–2005 (n  = 2,05,692)

2006–2010 (n  = 1,93,699)

2011–2015 (n  = 2,18,790)

2016–2020 (n  = 2,06,080)

Total (n  = 16,27,557)

P for trend

Age (mean  ±  SD)

17.4 ± 0.5

17.4 ± 0.5

17.4 ± 0.5

17.5 ± 0.8

17.5 ± 0.8

17.3 ± 0.6

17.3 ± 0.6

17.4 ± 0.8

17.4 ± 0.7

17.4 ± 0.7

0.12

Height (cm  ±  SD)

172.9 ± 6.6

173.3 ± 6.7

173.9 ± 6.7

174.3 ± 6.8

174.2 ± 6.9

173.9 ± 6.8

174.2 ± 6.7

173.8 ± 6.8

174.2 ± 6.8

174 ± 6.8

0.046

BMI (mean  ±  SD)

20.7 ± 2.8

20.6 ± 2.9

21.1 ± 3.1

21.1 ± 3.3

21.1 ± 3.5

21.6 ± 3.8

21.9 ± 4.0

22.4 ± 4.35

22.8 ± 4.4

21.5 ± 3.7

< 0.001

CDC BMI groups (% of each BMI percentile category)

        

< 0.001

 Underweight

8058 (8.3)

12,513 (9.3)

13,828 (8.9)

17,000 (8.6)

18,334 (9.1)

15,578 (7.7)

13,081 (6.8)

13,472 (6.3)

13,556 (6.7)

1,24,420 (7.8)

 

 Normal weight

81,228 (84.2)

1,11,594 (82.9)

1,25,690 (80.7)

1,57,596 (79.5)

1,57,312 (77.8)

1,53,480 (75.9)

1,41,329 (73.8)

1,52,355 (70.9)

1,42,770 (70.7)

12,23,354 (76.6)

 

 Overweight

5326 (5.4)

7429 (5.5)

11,223 (7.2)

15,606 (7.9)

16,508 (8.2)

19,816 (9.8)

21,381 (11.2)

27,084 (12.6)

24,796 (12.3)

1,49,079 (9.3)

 

 Obese

1986 (2.1)

3050 (2.3)

5030 (3.2)

7950 (4.0)

10,052 (5.0)

13,375 (6.6)

15,893 (8.2)

22,114 (10.3)

20,776 (10.3)

1,00,026 (6.3)

 

Immigrants (% of time interval)

18,842 (19.3)

15,576 (11.5)

13,872 (8.8)

37,962 (18.5)

47,970 (23.1)

46,705 (22.7)

34,773 (18.0)

24,944 (11.4)

19,012 (9.2)

2,59,656 (16.0)

0.97

Years of education  ≥ 11 (% of time interval)

61,361 (63.2)

99,202 (73.4)

12,968 (82.8)

1,85,590 (90.6)

1,91,457 (92.1)

1,93,326 (94.0)

1,81,861 (94.0)

2,00,850 (92.1)

1,73,019 (94.5)

1,416,346 (88.4)

0.004

Socioeconomic status (% of each category)

       

0.37

 Low

29,456 (30.7)

41,462 (30.9)

45,283 (29.1)

58,851 (29.0)

58,187 (28.1)

58,214 (28.4)

57,367 (29.7)

71,381 (32.8)

58,985 (28.9)

4,79,195 (29.7)

 

 Medium

45,714 (47.6)

64,026 (47.7)

76,167 (49.0)

1,02,573 (50.5)

1,09,380 (52.9)

1,06,996 (52.2)

98,301 (51.0)

1,04,099 (47.9)

1,01,908 (50.0)

8,09,164 (50.1)

 

 High

20,807 (21.7)

28,628 (21.3)

34,051 (21.9)

41,798 (20.6)

39,138 (18.9)

39,689 (19.4)

37,255 (19.3)

41,987 (19.3)

43,061 (21.1)

3,26,414 (20.2)

 
  1. CDC US Center of Disease Control; BMI body mass index (calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared); SD standard deviations; cm centimeters; kg kilograms