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Published in final edited form as: J Health Soc Behav. 2012;53(2):263–275. doi: 10.1177/0022146512445898

Table 3.

Baseline Body Mass Index (BMI), Predicted Change in BMI, and Predicted 2005 BMI by Union Transition/Stability Category

Union Category	All Individuals			Normal BMI in 2002			Overweight in 2002
	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)

	BMI	Δ in BMI^a	BMI	BMI	Δ in BMI^b	BMI	BMI	Δ in BMI^b	BMI

	2002	2002–2005	2005	2002	2002–2005	2005	2002	2002–2005	2005
Entered a union	24.1	.89	25.0	21.8	1.34	23.1	28.4	1.27	29.7
Dissolved union	27.7	.13	27.8	22.4	.88	23.3	30.1	−.34	29.8
Single stable	24.5	−.03	24.5	21.5	.94	22.4	29.6	−.61	29.0
Cohabiting stable	27.5	.37	27.9	22.2	1.50	23.7	30.1	−.28	29.8
Married stable	28.3	.24	28.5	22.6	1.20	23.8	30.4	−.32	30.1
Divorced/separated stable	27.6	.46	28.1	22.1	1.73	23.8	30.3	−.26	30.0
Widowed stable	27.6	.18	27.8	22.0	1.29	23.3	30.2	−.45	29.8

Calculated from model 2, Table 2.

Calculated from model 3, Table 2.