Journal of Obesity / 2012 / Article / Tab 1 / Research Article
Targeting Policy for Obesity Prevention: Identifying the Critical Age for Weight Gain in Women Table 1 Linear regression modelling of body weight in relation to demographic factors (i) unadjusted, (ii) adjusted for parity, and (iii) adjusted for parity and all other variables.
Variable Body weight (kg) Unadjusted Adjusted (parity) Adjusted (all variables) Mean Median Coefficient 95% CI
π
Coefficient 95% CI
π
Coefficient 95% CI
π
Year β β 0.53 0.51β0.55 <0.01 0.53 0.52β0.55 <0.01 0.53 0.51β0.54 <0.01 Age group <0.01 <0.01 <0.01 β<20 59.4 56.7 β β β β β β β20β24 65.2 61.2 5.84 5.57β6.12 5.70 5.42β5.98 5.42 5.13β5.70 β25β29 67.1 63.5 7.74 7.47β8.02 7.52 7.23β7.81 7.46 7.16β7.75 β30β34 67.2 63.5 7.86 7.57β8.14 7.57 7.26β7.89 7.27 6.94β7.59 β35β39 67.6 63.5 8.23 7.89β8.57 7.90 7.52β8.27 7.19 6.80β7.58 ββ₯40 68.0 64.4 8.62 7.99β9.25 8.24 7.58β8.90 7.06 6.39β7.72 Income (SES) β β β0.17 β0.20ββ0.14 <0.01 β0.17 β0.21β β0.14 <0.01 β0.27 β0.30ββ0.24 <0.01 Urbanicity <0.01 <0.01 <0.01 βUrban 66.0 62.6 β β β β β β βRural 66.9 63.5 0.82 0.63β1.01 0.75 0.56β0.94 1.49 1.30β1.67