Research Article

The Association of Obesity and the Antiaging Humoral Factor Klotho in Middle-Aged and Older Adults

Table 2

Weight change pattern and serum soluble klotho levels (pg/ml) in men and women aged 40–79 years.

Never obese (ref)Obese to nonobeseNonobese to obeseAlways obese

Men
 BMI 10 years prior to baseline BMI
  Model 1765.0742.4757.4780.5
  Model 2765.0742.4765.0780.5
  Model 3765.0735.0765.0772.7
 BMI age 25 years to baseline BMI
  Model 1765.0749.9765.0796.3
  Model 2765.0757.4765.0788.3
  Model 3765.0765.0765.0772.7

Women
 BMI 10 years prior to baseline BMI
  Model 1820.5812.4765.0788.3
  Model 2820.5820.5757.4780.5
  Model 3820.5828.8757.4780.5
 BMI age 25 years to baseline BMI
  Model 1820.5871.3772.7796.3
  Model 2820.5897.8765.0796.3
  Model 3820.5888.9765.0796.3

compared with the reference category never obese. Model 1: adjusted for age- and gender, model 2: adjusted for model 1 and race/ethnicity, education, smoking, alcohol use, and physical activity, and model 3: adjusted for model 2 and diabetes, eGFR, and 25 (OH)D levels.