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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Obes (Lond). 2013 Sep 12;38(6):825–832. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2013.172

Table 1.

Sociodemographic, Behavioral, and Clinical Factors Associated with Incident Obesity

Incident Obesity
All
(n = 815)
No
(n = 594)
Yes
(n = 221)
OR (95%CI)
Sex
 Male, % 50.5 85.2 14.8 1.0
 Female, % 49.5 85.1 14.9 2.15 (1.45-3.17)***,a
Race
 Caucasian, % 94.7 85.8 14.2 1.0
 Non-Caucasian, % 5.3 70.7 29.3** 1.31 (0.67-2.55)a
Age, years 48.9 (13.4) 49.2 (13.5) 46.8 (12.7)* 0.95 (0.94-0.97)***,a
 ≥ 60, % 22.6 88.0 12.0 1.0
 41-59, % 48.8 84.7 15.3 4.15 (2.35-7.32)***,a
 ≤ 40, % 28.5 83.6 16.7 1.84 (1.12-3.01)*,a
Baseline BMI, kg/m2 24.6 (2.8) 24.1 (2.6) 27.3 (2.2)*** 1.74 (1.59-1.90)***
 < 25, % 51.6 95.3 4.7 1.0
 ≥ 25, % 48.4 74.1 25.9*** 7.04 (4.57-10.8)***
Follow-up BMI, kg/m2 26.1 (3.7) 25.0 (2.8) 32.2 (2.2)** ---
 < 25, % 39.3 --- --- ---
 ≥ 25, % 45.7 --- --- ---
 ≥ 30, % 15.0 --- --- ---
Change in BMI, kg/m2 1.5 (2.6) 0.9 (1.9) 4.9 (2.9)*** 2.19 (1.95-2.45)***
Baseline weight, kg 72.8 (12.6) 71.5 (12.1) 80.6 (12.8)*** 1.06 (1.04-1.07)***
Follow-up weight, kg 76.5 (14.3) 73.5 (12.1) 94.2 (13.5)*** ---
Change in weight, kg 3.7 (7.5) 2.0 (5.6) 13.6 (9.2)*** 1.29 (1.24-1.34)***
Change in weight, % 5.4 (10.4) 3.3 (8.1) 17.9 (13.2)*** ---
 ≥ 10, % 26.0 18.0 73.0*** 11.2 (7.71-16.3)***
Caffeine, cup/day 2.4 (2.9) 2.3 (2.8) 2.6 (3.3) 1.04 (0.98-1.09)
  None, % 32.2 85.5 14.5 1.0
  ≥ 1 cup/day, % 67.8 84.9 15.1 1.05 (0.74-1.50)
Cigarettes, n/day 4.3 (11.0) 4.6 (11.5) 3.0 (7.2) 0.98 (0.96-1.00)
  None, % 77.9 84.6 15.4 1.0
  ≥ 1/day, % 22.1 86.5 13.5 0.86 (0.57-1.29)
Alcohol, drink/day 1.3 (6.1) 1.3 (6.5) 0.9 (2.6) 0.98 (0.93-1.03)
 None, % 72.1 84.0 16.0 1.0
  ≥ 1 drink/day, % 27.9 88.1 11.9 0.72 (0.49-1.06)
Diabetes
 No, % 90.7 85.7 14.3 1.0
 Yes, % 9.3 78.8 21.2 0.66 (0.37-1.17)a
Hypertension
 No, % 69.3 86.0 14.0 1.0
 Yes, % 30.7 83.0 17.0 0.81 (0.55-1.21)a
*

p ≤ .05;

**

p ≤ .01;

***

p ≤ .001;

a

adjusted for baseline BMI