Upward mobility between father’s and own adult social class at 43 years for men: mean obesity levels (95% confidence intervals) for the upwardly mobile and those who remained in the same social class
| Adult social class | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | I, II | III non-manual | III manual | IV, V |
| *Numbers are based on the model including waist-hip ratio and vary only slightly for the other obesity measures. | ||||
| Father’s social class | ||||
| Waist-hip ratio (%) | p⩽0.001 | |||
| Class I and II | n=234* | |||
| 92.1 (91.3 to 92.9) | ||||
| Class III non-manual | n=170 | n=36 | ||
| 92.8 (91.8 to 93.7) | 93.9 (91.8 to 95.9) | |||
| Class III manual | n=182 | n=37 | n=144 | |
| 94.0 (93.1 to 94.9) | 94.5 (92.5 to 96.5) | 95.9 (94.8 to 96.9) | ||
| Class IV and V | n=134 | n=31 | n=155 | n=59 |
| 92.7 (91.7 to 93.8) | 94.5 (92.3 to 96.6) | 94.2 (93.3 to 95.2) | 94.6 (93.0 to 96.2) | |
| Waist-height ratio (%) | p⩽0.001 | |||
| Class I and II | 54.7 (53.9 to 55.4) | |||
| Class III non-manual | 55.0 (54.1 to 55.9) | 55.9 (53.9 to 57.9) | ||
| Class III manual | 57.1 (56.2 to 58.0) | 56.7 (54.7 to 58.6) | 57.6 (56.6 to 58.6) | |
| Class IV and V | 55.6 (54.6 to 56.6) | 56.6 (54.4 to 58.7) | 56.4 (55.5 to 57.4) | 57.2 (55.6 to 58.7) |
| Waist circumference (cm) | p=0.02 | |||
| Class I and II | 96.6 (95.2 to 98.0) | |||
| Class III non-manual | 96.5 (94.9 to 98.1) | 98.5 (95.0 to 102.1) | ||
| Class III manual | 99.4 (97.8 to100.9) | 97.8 (94.3 to101.3) | 100.2 (98.4 to 101.9) | |
| Class IV and V | 96.5 (94.7 to 98.3) | 99.2 (95.4 to 103.0) | 97.6 (95.9 to 99.3) | 98.8 (96.1 to 101.5) |
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | p⩽0.001 | |||
| Class I and II | 26.7 (26.2 to 27.2) | |||
| Class III non-manual | 26.8 (26.2 to 27.4) | 27.0 (25.7 to 28.3) | ||
| Class III manual | 28.3 (27.7 to 28.9) | 27.8 (26.6 to 29.1) | 28.2 (27.5 to 28.8) | |
| Class IV and V | 27.4 (26.7 to 28.1) | 27.9 (26.5 to 29.3) | 27.6 (26.9 to 28.2) | 27.7 (26.6 to 28.7) |