Cumulative Weight Exposure Is Associated with Different Weight Loss Strategies and Weight Loss Success in Adults Age 50 or Above

Table 3

Odds of losing at least 5% of body weight in the past year.

	Low CWE	Mid CWE	High CWE
Doing more exercise
Model with obesity status	1.00	3.27 (2.10–5.09)	13.74 (7.23–26.14)
Model with BMI	1.00	3.69 (2.30–5.94)	19.66 (9.60–40.23)
Drinking more water
Model with obesity status	1.00	1.92 (1.06–3.48)	5.00 (2.29–10.94)
Model with BMI	1.00	1.41 (0.80–2.49)	3.84 (1.71–8.64)
Eating less carbohydrates
Model with obesity status	1.00	3.62 (1.76–7.44)	8.82 (3.20–24.26)
Model with BMI	1.00	2.53 (1.26–5.09)	4.61 (1.70–12.52)
Eating more fruits and vegetables
Model with obesity status	1.00	2.10 (0.57–7.69)	3.02 (0.62–14.68)
Model with BMI	1.00	1.48 (0.45–4.92)	2.22 (0.48–10.29)

Odds ratio (95% confidence interval).
All models were adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity, smoking status, family income, marital status, education level, dataset weight, dataset variance, and either obesity status or BMI.
CWE = cumulative weight exposure.