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Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2008 Feb;16(2):377–383. doi: 10.1038/oby.2007.32

Table 5.

Odds ratiosa and 95% confidence intervals across selected BMI values for the primary and extended models

BMI (kg/m2)
18 25 30 35 40
Primary model
 NHIS 1997 1.11 (0.91, 1.35) 1.23 (1.10, 1.32) 1.51 (1.32, 1.73) 1.86 (1.51, 2.17) 1.84 (1.54, 2.11)
 NHIS 1998 0.95 (0.93, 0.96) 1.14 (1.10, 1.19) 1.31 (1.21, 1.41) 1.50 (1.34, 1.68) 1.72 (1.47, 2.00)
 NHIS 1999 1.12 (0.94, 1.32) 1.14 (1.03, 1.20) 1.33 (1.19, 1.44) 1.54 (1.36, 1.73) 1.78 (1.53, 2.07)
 NHIS 2000 0.93 (0.92, 0.95) 1.19 (1.15, 1.23) 1.41 (1.32, 1.51) 1.68 (1.51, 1.86) 1.99 (1.74, 2.29)
 NHIS 2001 0.94 (0.93, 0.96) 1.16 (1.12, 1.19) 1.33 (1.25, 1.42) 1.53 (1.40, 1.69) 1.77 (1.57, 2.02)
 NHIS 2002 0.94 (0.93, 0.95) 1.17 (1.23, 1.21) 1.36 (1.26, 1.46) 1.58 (1.41, 1.77) 1.85 (1.59, 2.14)
 NHIS 2003 1.16 (0.91, 1.37) 1.21 (1.12, 1.26) 1.47 (1.34, 1.59) 1.79 (1.59, 1.99) 2.18 (1.87, 2.50)
 ACHS 1.23 (0.92, 1.48) 1.17 (1.02, 1.30) 1.37 (1.09, 1.69) 1.60 (1.15, 2.19) 1.88 (1.20, 2.84)
 TCHS 0.96 (0.93, 0.99) 1.11 (1.03, 1.21) 1.24 (1.05, 1.47) 1.38 (1.08, 1.78) 1.54 (1.11, 2.16)
 NHANES I 0.97 (0.93, 1.02) 1.07 (0.96, 1.21) 1.14 (0.91, 1.45) 1.22 (0.87, 1.75) 1.31 (0.83, 2.11)
 WHI 1.00 (0.99, 1.01) 1.00 (0.98, 1.02) 1.00 (0.96, 1.04) 1.00 (0.94, 1.05) 0.99 (0.92, 1.07)
Extended model
 NHIS 1997 1.14 (0.90, 1.37) 1.29 (1.11, 1.51) 1.47 (1.25, 1.70) 1.60 (1.39, 1.98) 1.74 (1.48, 2.04)
 NHIS 1998 0.96 (0.94, 0.98) 1.10 (1.06, 1.15) 1.22 (1.12, 1.33) 1.35 (1.18, 1.54) 1.49 (1.25, 1.77)
 NHIS 1999 1.13 (0.93, 1.31) 1.11 (0.99, 1.19) 1.26 (1.12, 1.41) 1.42 (1.24, 1.67) 1.60 (1.36, 1.88)
 NHIS 2000 0.94 (0.93, 0.96) 1.15 (1.12, 1.20) 1.33 (1.24, 1.43) 1.54 (1.39, 1.71) 1.79 (1.55, 2.05)
 NHIS 2001 0.96 (0.94, 0.97) 1.12 (1.08, 1.16) 1.26 (1.18, 1.35) 1.41 (1.28, 1.56) 1.58 (1.38, 1.81)
 NHIS 2002 0.95 (0.94, 0.97) 1.13 (1.08, 1.18) 1.28 (1.17, 1.39) 1.44 (1.26, 1.63) 1.63 (1.36, 1.92)
 NHIS 2003 1.15 (0.92, 1.39) 1.18 (1.11, 1.25) 1.40 (1.28, 1.53) 1.65 (1.47, 1.86) 1.95 (1.67, 2.27)
 ACHS 1.23 (0.95, 1.49) 1.06 (0.92, 1.20) 1.13 (0.88, 1.44) 1.21 (0.84, 1.73) 1.28 (0.79, 2.07)
 TCHS 0.95 (0.91, 0.99) 1.14 (1.02, 1.27) 1.31 (1.04, 1.62) 1.49 (1.06, 2.07) 1.71 (1.08, 2.64)
 NHANES I 1.03 (0.97, 1.10) 0.93 (0.79, 1.07) 0.86 (0.62, 1.14) 0.80 (0.49, 1.22) 0.75 (0.39, 1.31)
 WHI 1.02 (1.01, 1.03). 0.96 (0.94, 0.98). 0.92 (0.88, 0.95). 0.88 (0.82, 0.93). 0.84 (0.77, 0.91).

ACHS, Alameda County Health Study; NHANES I, First National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey; NHIS, National Health Interview Survey; TCHS, Tecumseh Community Health Study; WHI, Women’s Health Initiative.

a

Compared to the BMI reference level of 20.