title: Tracking of overweight from mid-adolescence into adulthood: consistent patterns across socio-economic groups.
abstract: Socially differentiated tracking of health and health behaviours may contribute to health inequalities in adulthood. The modifying effect of socio-economic position on the tracking of overweight from mid-adolescence (age 15 years) into adulthood (age 27 years) was assessed in a randomly sampled Danish cohort (n = 561). The tracking was studied by prediction analyses conducted by logistic regression analyses. Strong tracking patterns were found to be independent of socio-economic background.
authors.affiliation: University of Southern Denmark, National Institute of Public Health, Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: Mette
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rasmussen
authors.forename: Bjørn E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Holstein
authors.forename: Pernille
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Due
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000367:Age Factors; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003718:Denmark / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D050177:Overweight / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D015995:Prevalence; D012737:Sex Factors; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult