Table 3.

Within-persons and Between-persons Differences in Body-Mass Index: Hierarchical Linear Modeling Results.

Parameter	Variable	M0	M1	M2	M3	M4	M5
Fixed Effect
Time-varying variables
	Proxy		−0.606***	−0.612***	−0.612***	−0.658***	−0.568***
	Marital Status				0.256***	0.285***	0.210***
	Assets				−0.008	0.010	0.013
	Income				−0.095***	−0.078***	−0.059***
	Self-Rated Health					−0.006	−0.003
	Index Disease					0.002	0.001
	NAGI Index					0.241***	0.167***
	CES-D Index					−0.013	−0.019
Intercept	π0
	Intercept	27.383***	27.613***	27.370***	27.290***	27.361***	27.517***
	Mortality		−0.436***	−0.531**	−0.610***	−0.713***	−0.690***
	Attrition		−0.686***	−0.790***	−0.754***	−0.708**	−0.197
	Black			1.585***	1.446***	1.417***	0.145
	Hispanic			0.687***	0.221	0.247	−0.144
	Female			−0.146	−0.159	−0.259**	−0.083
	Age (1992)			−0.063***	−0.072***	−0.074***	−0.051***
	Education				−0.099***	−0.085***	−0.009
	BMI (1992)						0.696***
Linear Slope	π1
	Intercept	0.047***	0.066***	0.073***	0.075***	0.067***	0.063***
	Mortality		−0.079***	−0.068***	−0.069***	−0.056***	−0.062***
	Attrition		−0.002	0.000	0.001	0.002	−0.018
	Black			−0.053***	−0.054***	−0.056***	−0.008
	Hispanic			−0.047***	−0.046***	−0.047***	−0.032*
	Female			0.010	0.011	0.014	0.007
	Age (1992)			−0.006***	−0.005***	−0.005***	−0.006***
	Education				0.000	−0.000	−0.002**
	BMI (1992)						−0.025***
Quadratic Slopea	π2
	Intercept	0.002**	0.001	−0.001	−0.001	−0.001	−0.001
Random Effect		VARIANCE	VARIANCE	VARIANCE	VARIANCE	VARIANCE	VARIANCE
Intercept1		20.054***	19.916***	19.510***	19.372***	18.191***	6.835***
Linear		0.074***	0.072***	0.072***	0.071***	0.070***	0.060***
Quadratic		0.001***	0.001***	0.001***	0.001***	0.001***	0.002***
Level1 R		7.579	7.558	7.558	7.553	7.525	7.114
AIC		445,993.33	445,607.26	445,411.33	445,326.31	444,765.75	424,447.38

^*p< .05,

^**p< .01,

^***p< .001.

^aRegression coefficients associated with all covariates on quadratic slope are non-significant in models 1 through 5.