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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Obes (Lond). 2009 Apr 21;33(6):635–644. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2009.62

Table 4.

Logistic generalized linear mixed models estimating the effect of baseline age, and combination of low muscle strength and obesity on mobility disability

Model 1
Model 2
Estimate s.e. P Estimate s.e. P
Intercept −8.56 3.86 0.03 −10.44 4.26 0.02
Age 0.06 0.05 0.19 0.07 0.05 0.19
Time 0.45 0.06 <0.0001 0.53 0.06 <0.0001
Neither low strength nor obesity −13.89 4.67 0.003 −10.53 5.06 0.04
Low strength −11.48 4.69 0.02 −9.43 5.07 0.06
Obesity −9.09 5.86 0.12 −5.52 6.29 0.38
Low strength and obesity 0 0
Age × neither low strength nor obesity 0.15 0.06 0.008 0.12 0.06 0.05
Age × low strength 0.13 0.06 0.02 0.11 0.06 0.07
Age × obesity 0.10 0.07 0.19 0.06 0.08 0.47
Age × low strength and obesity 0 0

Abbreviations: Age, age at the baseline; CRP, c-reactive protein; IL, interleukin; Time, duration of the follow-up (range 0−6 years). Model 1: unadjusted. Model 2: adjusted for sex, body height, education, physical activity, diseases (hypertension, angina pectoris, chronic heart failure, diabetes and hip osteoarthritis), IL-6 and CRP.