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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2014 Jan;22(1):131–140. doi: 10.1002/oby.20613

Table 2.

Proportional Hazard Models for Predicting Missed Visits in Look AHEAD Trial, First 48 Months

Univariate model HR (95% CI) Multivariate adjusted modelcHR (95% CI)
Treatment Assignment
    DSE 1.35 (1.03, 1.76) 1.46 (1.11, 1.91)
    ILI Reference Reference
Race/ethnicitya
    Non-Hispanic White Reference Reference
    African American 1.44 (1.03, 2.01) 1.21 (.85, 1.74)
    Hispanic 1.60 (1.13, 2.27) 1.41 (.98, 2.03)
    Native Americans plus Others .30 (.12, .74) .58 (.22, 1.58)
Age (per 5 years) 1.18 (1.06, 1.30) 1.18 (1.05, 1.30)
Marital Status
    Married Reference Reference
    Not Married 1.54 (1.18, 2.01) 1.37 (1.04, 1.82)
Beck Depression Score 1.05 (1.03, 1.07) 1.04 (1.01, 1.06)
SF-36 General Healthb .99 (.97, 1.01) ---
SF-36 Emotional Roleb .99 (.97, 1.01) ---
SF-36 Mental Healthb .98 (.97, 1.00) ---
Feelings about exercise
    Enjoy exercise Reference Reference
    Neutral 1.34 (.99, 1.79) 1.27 (.94, 1.71)
    Dislike exercise 1.56 (1.02, 2.47) 1.12 (.69, 1.81)
Number of hours/week family spends exercising with you .90 (.80, 1.01) ---
Number of days/week eat fast food 1.06 (1.02, 1.11) 1.03 (.99, 1.08)
Frequency of self-weighing
    Never 2.33 (1.47, 3.71) 2.01 (1.25, 3.23)
    Once a year 1.62 (.93, 2.81) 1.37 (.78, 2.40)
    Every couple of months 1.33 (.91, 1.93) 1.21 (.82, 1.78)
    Every month 1.52 (1.00, 2.29) 1.45 (.96, 2.20)
    Every week Reference Reference
    Everyday or more than once a day 1.14 (.70, 1.86) 1.21 (.74, 1.99)
a

Dummy vectors for African Americans, Hispanics, and Native Americans plus Others compared to Non-Hispanic Whites were included in the same univariate model. Native American category includes Native Americans, Alaskan Natives, American Indian, Asian/Pacific Islander, and Other or Mixed Race.

b

SF-36 General Health, Emotional Role and Mental Health were included in the same univariate model.

c

Multivariate adjusted model included treatment assignment, race/ethnicity, age, marital status, depression score, frequency of fast food consumption, feelings about physical activity, and frequency of self-weighing.