Table 2.
Baseline differences in functioning according to obesity (n = 716)
| Obese (BMI ≥ 30) |
Obese (BMI ≥ 26.8) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unadjusted |
Adjusted¶ |
Unadjusted |
Adjusted¶ |
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| No (N = 517) |
Yes (n = 199) |
Difference | p§ | β (p) | No (N = 425) |
Yes (n = 291) |
Difference | p§ | β (p) | |
| SF-36 PF * |
41.7
(12.1) |
32.5
(11.0) |
−9.2 | <.0001 |
−4.2
(<.0001) |
42.6
(12.0) |
34.1
(11.4) |
−8.5 | <.0001 |
−4.3
(<.0001) |
| VLA mean difficulty* |
0.74
(0.65) |
1.10
(0.60) |
+0.36 | <.0001 |
0.08
(.03) |
0.71
(0.64) |
1.03
(0.64) |
+0.32 | <.0001 |
0.09
(.001) |
| OR (95% CI) |
OR (95% CI) |
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| Currently employed† |
53.4
(250) † |
38.2
(68) |
+15.2 | .0006 | 0.8 (0.5, 1.3) |
55.3
(214) |
40.2
(104) |
+15.1 | .0002 |
0.8
(0.5, 1.1) |
*
mean (SD)
†
% (n). Includes only women younger than age 65 at baseline (n = 646).
§
p-value from t-test or chi-square analysis comparing obese yes/no.
¶
Adjusted for age, race/ethnicity, education, household income, marital status, disease duration, smoking, glucocorticoid use, SLAQ score, depression, and comorbid conditions in multivariate linear or logistic regression analyses.
Note: Bolded values represent statistically significant differences between obese/non-obese