Table 1

Age, anthropometry, and mean plasma cholesterol, lipids, and non-cholesterol sterol concentrations in the study population

	Men
	n	Mean	SD	n	Mean	SD
Birth measurements
Birth weight (g)	214	1402	280	197	1358	319
Birth weight SDS	210	−0.88	1.23	191	−0.89	1.26
Birth length (cm)	128	41.1^1-150	2.62	136	40.4	3.20
Gestation (wk)	214	31.03	2.70	196	31.12	2.76
Social class^1-151	206	3.49	1.29	189	3.54	1.35
Current measurements (8–12 years old)
Age (y)	215	11.20	0.89	197	11.23	0.85
Weight (kg)	215	35.59	8.91	197	36.01	9.04
Weight SDS	215	−0.26	1.20	197	−0.39	1.20
Height (cm)	215	142.01	9.00	197	142.02	9.10
Height SDS	215	−0.33	1.09	197	−0.49	1.07
BMI (kg/m²)	215	17.31	3.02	197	17.60	2.89
BMI SDS	215	−0.13	1.22	197	−0.24	1.17
Sum of 4 skinfolds (mm)	213	34.21^1-160	16.04	196	40.30	15.57
Current plasma lipids and sterols
Total cholesterol (mmol/l)	215	4.59	0.87	197	4.58	0.86
LDL cholesterol (mmol/l)	198	2.79	0.78	176	2.80	0.67
HDL cholesterol (mmol/l)	215	1.40	0.39	197	1.37	0.35
Triacylglycerol (mmol/l)	215	0.87	0.53	196	0.92	0.43
Apolipoprotein A1 (g/l)	2.07	1.57	0.26	1.93	1.55	0.25
Apolipoprotein B (g/l)	2.14	1.01	0.21	1.96	1.02	0.24
Lathosterol (μmol/l)	173	2.71	1.21	165	2.64	1.33
Campesterol (μmol/l)	75	10.48	3.40	86	10.86	4.17

Significantly different from women:
↵1-150 p < 0.05,
↵1-160 p < 0.01.
↵1-151 Social class based on Registrar General coding³⁶ using six categories, with class 3 manual and non-manual as separate categories and excluding non-classifiable cases.