Table 3.

Adjusted odds ratios (95% confidence intervals) for excess weight gain over 3 and 6 years by vital exhaustion quartile

	VE quartilea	Excess weight gainb
		Over 3 years			Over 6 years
		%	OR	95% CI	%	OR	95% CI
White women	None	24.4	1.00		34.5	1.00
	Low	26.5	1.12	0.94, 1.38	36.3	1.11	0.93, 1.34
	Moderate	26.9	1.17	0.96, 1.43	38.4	1.24	1.03, 1.50
	High	29.5	1.34	1.10, 1.63	39.6	1.29	1.07, 1.56
African-American women	None	23.9	1.00		35.7	1.00
	Low	21.4	0.91	0.60, 1.39	32.8	0.97	0.65, 1.43
	Moderate	23.1	1.06	0.71, 1.58	34.4	1.12	0.76, 1.64
	High	24.2	1.19	0.80, 1.75	35.6	1.30	0.89, 1.90
White men	None	15.8	1.00		26.0	1.00
	Low	17.0	1.12	0.92, 1.36	27.4	1.09	0.92, 1.29
	Moderate	20.2	1.35	1.09, 1.69	28.8	1.14	0.93, 1.39
	High	20.7	1.35	1.06, 1.72	30.3	1.19	0.96, 1.49
African-American men	None	17.6	1.00		32.9	1.00
	Low	18.8	1.04	0.68, 1.60	23.8	0.63	0.42, 0.93
	Moderate	15.4	0.82	0.50, 1.36	29.7	0.84	0.55, 1.30
	High	17.1	0.88	0.51, 1.52	25.4	0.67	0.40, 1.10

Models adjusted for age, field center, level of education, smoking status, drinking status, marital status and baseline BMI. Values in boldface represent P ≤ 0.05.

^aVital exhaustion (VE) score range 0–42—Quartiles: none, ≤3; low, 4–8; moderate, 9–15; high, ≥16.

^bExcess weight gain defined as ≥5% between visits.