Table 2.

Multiple Ordinary Least Squares Regression Analysis Predicting Mean Change in Waist Circumference (cm) in the Midlife Development in the United States Survey Cohort Study, 1995–2004

	Men			Women
	Model 1a	Model 2b	Model 3c	Model 1a	Model 2b	Model 3c
Low stabled (referent)	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Decreasee	0.20 (0.82)f	0.20 (0.82)	0.20 (0.82)	1.57 (1.09)	1.59 (1.10)	1.54 (1.09)
Increaseg	0.18 (0.62)	0.18 ( 0.62)	0.17 (0.62)	2.14 (0.88)**	2.09 (0.89)**	1.88 (0.89)**
High stableh	2.41 (0.96)**	2.41 (0.96)**	2.39 (0.96)**	2.27 (1.19)*	2.25(1.19)*	2.09(1.19)*
P value for linear effect	>0.05	>0.05	>0.05	<0.05	<0.05	<0.05
Adjusted R-squared value	0.437	0.437	0.438	0.410	0.408	0.412
F-test result	44.764	33.901	28.746	45.747	34.361	29.533
P value for model significance	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000
No. of participants	678	678	678	774	774	774

*P < 0.10; **P < 0.05.

^aAdjusted for age, race, discrimination at wave I, waist circumference at wave I, body mass index at waves I and II, education at wave I, household income at wave I, and depression disorder at wave 1.

^bAdjusted for the covariates in model 1 and smoking at wave I, drinking at wave I, and physical activity at wave I.

^cAdjusted for the covariates in model 2 and major life events at wave II.

^dLow levels of perceived interpersonal discrimination in waves I and II; no change.

^eChange from high levels of interpersonal discrimination in wave I to low levels in wave II.

^fValues in parentheses, standard errors.

^gChange from low levels of interpersonal discrimination in wave I to high levels in wave II.

^hHigh levels of perceived interpersonal discrimination in waves I and II; no change.