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Table 1 Sample characteristics

From: Childhood emotional problems and self-perceptions predict weight gain in a longitudinal regression model

   

Mean/Proportion

Sex differences

 

Variable

Group

Total Sample

(n = 7588)1

Men

(n = 3709)1

Women

(n = 3879)1

t-test p value

Rank Sum P value2

Demographic Variables

Social Class

     

0.690

  

% non-manual

31.67

31.46

31.88

  
  

% manual

68.33

68.54

68.12

  
 

Ethnicity

     

0.371

  

% European

97.37

97.20

97.53

  
  

% Non - European

2.63

2.80

2.47

  

Study Member BMI

age 10

 

0.01

-0.07

0.09

*0.000

 
 

age 30

 

-0.01

0.14

-0.15

*0.000

 

Parental B M I

Father

 

-0.03

-0.03

-0.02

0.600

 
 

Mother

 

-0.03

-0.04

-0.02

0.377

 

Childhood Emotional Problems

Rutter Emotional score Self Reported Nervousness

 

14.41

13.66

15.11

*0.000

*0.000

  

% Not at all

12.07

15.05

9.27

  
  

% Sometimes

82.02

79.60

84.29

  
  

% Often

5.91

5.35

6.44

  
 

Self Reported Worrying

     

*0.000

  

% Not at all

27.09

30.53

23.86

  
  

% Sometimes

60.25

57.91

62.45

  
  

% Often

12.66

11.57

13.69

  

Psychological Measures

CAROLOC Locus of control

 

4.40

4.53

4.28

*0.000

 
 

LAWSEQ self esteem

 

3.41

3.18

3.64

*0.000

 
  1. 1Numbers vary slightly as a result of occasional missing data, sample sizes are the same as those listed in table 3.
  2. 2Rank Sum P value refers to a Two-sample Wilcoxon rank-sum (Mann-Whitney) test. * significant p value (p < 0.05)