General and reproductive characteristics of the Tasmanian Longitudinal Health Study female participants
| Age# years | 43.0±0.83 |
| Adult BMI¶ kg·m−2 | 25.7±5.53 |
| Duration of pill use+ years | 12.0±7.69 |
| Age at first menstruation§ years | 12.9±1.52 |
| Age at first pregnancyƒ years | 25.1±5.3 |
| Adult BMI categories | |
| Normal | 1445 (53.9) |
| Overweight/obese | 1235 (46.1) |
| Education | |
| Grade 1–6 | 172 (6.2) |
| Grade 10 or 11 | 1356 (49.1) |
| Trade/apprenticeship | 693 (25.1) |
| University degree | 537 (19.4) |
| Missing | 6 (0.2) |
| SES | |
| Manager/administrator | 733 (26.5) |
| Associate professional | 199 (7.2) |
| Tradespersons | 372 (13.5) |
| Production/sales/clerical | 583 (21.1) |
| Labourer/house person | 849 (30.7) |
| Missing | 28 (1.0) |
| Smoking | |
| Never | 1110 (40.2) |
| Past | 829 (30.0) |
| Current | 815 (29.5) |
| Missing | 10 (0.4) |
Data are presented as mean±sd or n (%). BMI: body mass index; SES: socioeconomic status. #: n=2763; ¶: n=2679; +: n=2753; §: n=2718; ƒ: n=2375.