Table 3.
Functioning at follow-up based on obesity status at baseline (n = 568)
| Obese (BMI ≥ 30) | Obese (BMI ≥ 26.8) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unadjusted |
Adjusted1 |
Adjusted2 |
Unadjusted |
Adjusted1 |
Adjusted2 |
|||||||
| No (n=403) |
Yes (n=165) |
Difference | p§ | β (p) | β (p) | No (n=332) |
Yes (n=236) |
Difference | p§ | β (p) | β (p) | |
| SF-36 PF |
41.7
(12.3) * |
32.7
(11.3) |
−9.0 | <.0001 |
−2.7
(.001) |
−2.4
(.003) |
42.6
(12.1) |
34.2
(11.9) |
−8.4 | <.0001 |
−2.0
(.01) |
−1.7
(.03) |
| VLA mean difficulty |
0.67
(0.62) |
1.03
(0.59) |
+0.36 | <.0001 |
0.12
(.002) |
0.10
(.01) |
0.65
(0.61) |
0.95
(0.63) |
+0.30 | <.0001 | .06 (.13) |
.04 (.32) |
| OR (95% CI) |
OR (95% CI) |
OR (95% CI) |
OR (95% CI) |
|||||||||
| Currently employed† |
55.0%
(191) |
35.0%
(49) |
−20% | <.0001 |
0.5
(0.3, 0.8) |
0.6
(0.3, 0.9) |
58.2%
(170) |
35.9%
(70) |
−22.3% | <.0001 |
0.4
(0.3, 0.7) |
0.5
(0.3, 0.8) |
1
Adjusted for baseline value.
2
Adjusted for age, race/ethnicity, education, income, marital status, disease duration, smoking, glucocorticoid use, SLAQ score, depression, comorbid conditions, and baseline functioning in multivariate linear or logistic regression analyses
*
mean (SD)
†
% (n). Includes only women younger than age 65 at follow-up (n = 487).
§
p-value from t-test or chi-square analysis comparing obese yes/no.
Note: Bolded values represent statistically significant differences between obese/non-obese