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Table 2 Baseline and 10-year follow up characteristics of men and women in the Västerbotten Intervention Programme longitudinal study, 1990–2004, by weight gain or non-gain status.1

From: Who is maintaining weight in a middle-aged population in Sweden? A longitudinal analysis over 10 years

Baseline characteristic

Men

Women

  

Non-gain

Gain

Non-gain

Gain

Number (%)

 

2569 (36.4)

4487 (63.6)

2673 (34.2)

5138 (65.8)

BMI (kg/m2)

Baseline

25.1 ± 2.4

24.5 ± 2.5

23.9 ± 2.6

23.5 ± 2.6

 

10-year follow-up

24.9 ± 2.7

26.8 ± 3.1

23.4 ± 2.7

26.2 ± 3.6

Weight (kg)

Baseline

79.7 ± 9.1

78.3 ± 9.3

65.2 ± 8.2

64.0 ± 8.0

 

10-year follow-up

78.7 ± 9.1

85.6 ± 10.8

63.6 ± 8.1

71.3 ± 10.1

Civil status (%)

Single

13.2

13.2

6.1

6.9

 

Married

81.9

80.9

85.9

84.1

 

Widowed

0.4

0.4

1.3

1.2

 

Divorced or separated

3.4

4.2

5.3

6.6

 

Remarried

1.0

1.3

1.4

1.1

Education (%)

Low

28.0

21.9

25.2

22.3

 

Medium

50.6

57.2

46.9

49.2

 

High

22.3

18.7

26.1

27.0

Serum cholesterol, mmol/L

 

5.3 ± 4.0

5.5 ± 1.2

5.5 ± 1.1

5.3 ± 1.1

Heart disease (%)

 

4.3

4.0

2.5

2.0

Use of medicine for heart disease (%)

 

3.3

3.2

2.5

2.0

Family history of CV disease (%)

 

17.0

16.6

17.5

18.3

Hypertension (%)

 

28.5

21.2

19.8

17.2

Snuff use (%)

 

21.8

26.3

2.4

3.5

Glucose metabolism (%)

Normal

95.5

97.5

93.7

95.2

 

Glucose intolerance2

3.1

1.9

5.0

1.4

 

Diabetes type 23

1.4

0.7

1.3

0.7

Family history of diabetes (%)

 

15.0

13.2

16.7

16.3

  1. Data are presented as mean (± SD) unless otherwise noted. 1Non-gain was defined as weight loss or maintenance of body weight within 3% of baseline weight. Gain was defined as an increase in weight of ≥3%.