Simulated outcomes at age 60 for different birth cohorts of men and women, and difference (inequality) in outcomes between lower and higher SEP groups (high minus low)
| Birth cohort | Mean (95% CI) BMI at age 60 (kg/m2) | Obesity (BMI >30 kg/m2) prevalence (%) and 95% CI | Severe obesity (BMI >35 kg/m2) Prevalence (%) and 95% CI | ||||||
| Low SEP | High SEP | Difference | Low SEP | High SEP | Difference | Low SEP | High SEP | Difference | |
| Men | |||||||||
| 1940 | 27.6 (26.6 to 28.5) | 27.7 (27.1 to 28.3) | 0.1 (−1.0 to 1.2) | 24.5 (15.5 to 33.4) | 25.6 (18.2 to 33.0) | 1.1 (0.7 to 1.5) | 1.4 (0.0 to 2.9) | 2.6 (0.3 to 4.8) | 1.2 (0.9 to 1.5) |
| 1950 | 28.9 (28.2 to 29.6) | 27.6 (27.1 to 28.1) | −1.3 (−2.2 to –0.5) | 36.3 (29.3 to 43.2) | 23.1 (18.3 to 27.8) | −13.2 (−13.5 to –12.9) | 8.3 (4.6 to 12.0) | 7.3 (4.3 to 10.3) | −1.0 (−1.3 to –0.7) |
| 1960 | 30.7 (30.0 to 31.4) | 28.5 (28.0 to 29.0) | −2.2 (−3.0 to –1.3) | 47.9 (41.8 to 54.0) | 33.6 (28.6 to 38.5) | −14.3 (−14.5 to –14.1) | 20.3 (15.6 to 24.9) | 9.4 (6.5 to 12.4) | −10.9 (−11.1 to –10.7) |
| 1970 | 31.4 (30.5 to 32.2) | 29.7 (29.0 to 30.3) | −1.7 (−2.8 to –0.6) | 50.7 (43.4 to 58.0) | 41.1 (35.8 to 46.4) | −9.6 (−9.8 to –9.4) | 24.6 (18.4 to 30.9) | 13.9 (10.4 to 17.4) | −10.7 (−11.0 to –10.4) |
| Women | |||||||||
| 1940 | 27.5 (26.3 to 28.7) | 27.5 (26.6 to 28.4) | 0.0 (−1.5 to 1.5) | 26.5 (17.5 to 35.5) | 24.0 (16.7 to 31.4) | −2.5 (−2.9 to –2.1) | 9.4 (2.3 to 16.5) | 10.4 (4.8 to 16.0) | 1.0 (0.6 to 1.4) |
| 1950 | 28.7 (27.9 to 29.5) | 27.0 (26.2 to 27.7) | −1.7 (−2.8 to –0.6) | 38.3 (31.4 to 45.3) | 22.1 (16.8 to 27.3) | −16.2 (−16.5 to –15.9) | 13.9 (9.2 to 18.6) | 9.2 (4.9 to 13.5) | −4.7 (−5.0 to –4.4) |
| 1960 | 30.4 (29.5 to 31.2) | 28.0 (27.4 to 28.6) | −2.4 (−3.4 to –1.3) | 43.4 (37.2 to 49.6) | 30.4 (25.6 to 35.1) | −13.0 (−13.2 to –12.8) | 22.7 (17.5 to 28.0) | 11.0 (7.7 to 14.4) | −11.7 (−11.9 to –11.5) |
| 1970 | 31.7 (30.4 to 33.0) | 29.7 (29.1 to 30.3) | −2.0 (−3.4 to –0.6) | 53.7 (46.2 to 61.3) | 42.3 (37.3 to 47.2) | −11.4 (−11.6 to –11.2) | 25.8 (18.9 to 32.7) | 18.1 (14.1 to 22.0) | −7.7 (−8.0 to –7.4) |
Numbers in brackets represent 95% CI.
BMI, body mass index; SEP, socioeconomic position.