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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jan 5.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Obes (Lond). 2010 Apr 13;34(10):1538–1545. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2010.79

Table 3.

Association of lifestyle factors (mediator) with BMI (outcome) – model 2

Overall(n=12297) Men (n=6200) Women (n=6103)
Lifestyle factor Estimate [kg/m2] P-value Estimate [kg/m2] P-value Estimate [kg/m2] P-value
High carbohydrate score −0.422 3.19×10−7 −0.282 5.18×10−3 −0.465 2.91×10−4
High fat score −0.265 1.82×10−3 −0.179 0.08 −0.284 0.04
High alcohol consumption −0.477 3.19×10−7 0.099 0.35 −1.228 1.15×10−14
Ever smoking −0.273 7.26×10−4 0.230 0.02 −0.495 9.57×10−5
High physical activity −0.861 5.08×10−28 −0.657 6.85×10−12 −1.052 1.84×10−17

Abbreviation: BMI, body mass index. Association estimates and P-values from linear regression of lifestyle factors on the outcome BMI, adjusted for age, sex, survey and all lifestyle factors are shown for the effects of high (≥median) versus low (reference) carbohydrate or fatscore, high (men: ≥40 g per day; women: ≥ 20 g per day) versus low (reference) alcohol consumption, ever versus never smokers (reference), high (scores 1 and 2) versus low (reference) physical activity.