Research Article

Developing a Dynamic Microsimulation Model of the Australian Health System: A Means to Explore Impacts of Obesity over the Next 50 Years

Table 2

Models for baseline imputation for health module.

OutcomeStatistical modelExplanatory variable

Inadequate physical activityLogistic regressionAge, marital status, education, labour force status, kids in household, adults in household, and household income

SmokerLogistic regressionAge, marital status, education, labour force status, kids in household, adults in household, and household income

At-risk alcohol consumptionLogistic regressionAge, marital status, education, labour force status, kids in household, adults in household, household income, and smoking status

ObeseLogistic regressionAge, marital status, education, labour force status, kids in household, adults in household, household income, and inadequate physical activity

Health statusGeneralised ordinal logistic regressionAge, marital status, education, labour force status, kids in household, adults in household, household income, inadequate physical activity, smoking status, at-risk alcohol consumption, and obese

Private health insuranceLogistic regression Age education, labour force status, kids in household, and household income Separate models developed for single persons and couples