Table 1 Number of participants in Swedish (total n = 1061) and US subgroups (total n = 1001) as well as socio-demographic and health related characteristics of the respondents within the subgroups
Weight category | Normal weight | Overweight | Obese | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age group (y) | 30 | 40 | 50 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 30 | 40 | 50 | |
Swedish women | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
 Respondents (no. and (%) of total) | 149a (7.2) | 190 (9.2) | 188 (9.1) | 114 (5.5) | 156 (7.6) | 156 (7.6) | 32b (1.6) | 26 (1.3) | 50 (2.4) | |
 Mean (and median) age | 34.2 (34.0) | 41.5 (41.0) | 51.5 (52.0) | 34.0 (34.0) | 41.5 (41.0) | 51.6 (52.0) | 34.0 (35.0) | 41.4 (41.0) | 51.7 (52.0) | |
 Level of education (no. and (%) within subgroup)c | Low | 9 (6.1) | 19 (10.0) | 94 (50.0) | 13 (11.5) | 29 (18.7) | 78 (50.0) | 2 (6.3) | 6 (23.1) | 29 (58.0) |
Medium | 67 (45.3) | 82 (43.2) | 27 (14.4) | 49 (43.0) | 77 (49.7) | 27 (17.3) | 18 (56.3) | 11 (42.3) | 10 (20.0) | |
High | 72 (48.6) | 89 (46.8) | 67 (35.6) | 51 (44.7) | 49 (31.6) | 50 (32.1) | 12 (37.5) | 9 (34.6) | 11 (22.0) | |
 Proportion (%) of respondents having at least one parent being overweight or obesed(n) | 37.5 (144) | 40.4 (178) | 27.5 (174) | 68.8 (109) | 57.5 (146) | 53.5 (144) | 65.5 (29) | 66.6 (21) | 55.0 (40) | |
US women | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
 Respondents (no. and (%) of total) | 72a (3.5) | 205 (9.9) | 183 (8.9) | 43 (2.1) | 117 (5.7) | 135 (6.5) | 28 (1.4) | 94 (4.6) | 124 (6.0) | |
 Mean age (and median) | 26.6 (28.6) | 40.5 (41.1) | 47.7 (47.5) | 27.5 (29.4) | 40.4 (40.7) | 48.2 (48.2) | 30.4 (31.7) | 40.5 (41.2) | 47.9 (48.0) | |
 Level of education (no. and (%) within subgroup)c | Low | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.6) | 1 (2.4) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (2.2) | 1 (0.8) |
Medium | 17 (23.9) | 57 (28.2) | 41 (23.3) | 11 (26.8) | 43 (37.1) | 38 (28.8) | 11 (39.3) | 40 (44.0) | 43 (34.7) | |
High | 54 (76.1) | 145 (71.8) | 134 (76.1) | 29 (70.7) | 73 (62.9) | 94 (71.2) | 17 (60.7) | 49 (53.8) | 80 (64.5) | |
 Proportion (%) of respondents having at least one parent being overweight or obesed(n) | 40.3 (72) | 44.9 (205) | 41.0 (183) | 65.1 (43) | 59.8 (117) | 57.0 (135) | 64.2 (28) | 78.7 (94) | 67.7 (124) | |