Table 2.

Results of fixed-effects analyses predicting bodyweight change in women and men (coefficient estimates with 95% CI)

	Women		Men		Women vs men
	b	95% CI	b	95% CI	Δb	95% CI
Year
2020 (COVID-19 year)	Ref		Ref		Ref
2019 (pre-COVID-19 year)	−0.804**	−1.322 to −0.285	0.043	−0.432 to 0.518	−0.847*	−1.550 to −0.144
2018 (2 years pre-COVID-19)	−0.799*	−1.504 to −0.095	−0.028	−0.489 to 0.432	−0.771†	−1.612 to 0.071
2017 (3 years pre-COVID-19)	−0.816*	−1.485 to −0.148	0.250	−0.258 to 0.758	−1.067*	−1.906 to −0.227
2016 and prior	−1.133**	−1.962 to −0.303	0.883**	0.274 to 1.492	−2.016***	−3.044 to −0.987
Time-variant controls
Agea	0.255***	0.197 to 0.312	0.363***	0.313 to 0.412	−0.108**	−0.184 to −0.32
Agea (squared)	−0.003*	−0.006 to −0.001	−0.007***	−0.009 to −0.004	0.003†	−0.000 to 0.007
Lives with partner	0.944†	−0.061 to 1.949	0.489	−0.487 to 1.465	0.455	−0.956 to 1.856
Primary activity status
In paid employment	Ref		Ref		Ref
Unemployed	0.064	−0.710 to 0.838	−0.182	−0.860 to 0.495	0.246	−0.782 to 1.274
Student	0.247	−0.338 to 0.833	−0.368	−1.339 to 0.602	0.616	−0.518 to 1.749
Home maker	−0.073	−0.596 to 0.450	−0.713	−2.154 to 0.729	0.640	−0.893 to 2.173
Retired	0.022	−0.656 to 0.700	−0.704†	−1.486 to 0.078	0.727	−0.308 to 1.761
Disabled	−0.218	−1.302 to 0.867	−0.390	−1.283 to 0.502	0.173	−1.231 to 1.577
Other	−0.038	−0.718 to 0.643	−0.119	−0.762 to 0.525	0.081	−0.856 to 1.017
Number of observations	19 468		21 862
Number of persons	4365		4583

Data are from the DNB Household Survey 1993–2020.

^aCentred on age 45.

*P<0.05, **P<0.01, ***P<0.001, †P<0.1.

Ref, reference.