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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA Intern Med. 2014 Jan;174(1):98–106. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.12051

Table 2.

Odds Ratios (95% Confidence Interval) of Outcomes by Baseline BMI and Waist Circumference

Lived to age 85 years with No disease and with No mobility disability (referent group) relative to:
Lived to age 85 years with Baseline disease but No incident Disease or mobility disability Lived to age 85 years with Incident disease but No mobility disability Lived to age 85 years with Mobility disability, with or without disease Did not live to age 85 years

Crudea Adjustedb Crudea Adjustedb Crudea Adjustedb Crudea Adjustedb

BMI Category

 Underweight 1.40 (1.01–1.93) 1.24 (0.87–1.76) 1.03 (0.74–1.43) 0.96 (0.67–1.37) 1.15 (0.77–1.70) 1.11 (0.73–1.70) 2.31 (1.74–3.07) 2.09 (1.54–2.85)

 Normal Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref

 Overweight 0.97 (0.90–1.05) 1.00 (0.92–1.09) 1.19 (1.11–1.28) 1.21 (1.12–1.31) 1.74 (1.60–1.89) 1.64 (1.50–1.79) 1.14 (1.06–1.23) 1.09 (1.01–1.18)

 Obese I 1.18 (1.06–1.32) 1.20 (1.06–1.36) 1.65 (1.50–1.82) 1.65 (1.48–1.84) 3.60 (3.24–3.99) 3.22 (2.87–3.61) 1.95 (1.77–2.14) 1.72 (1.55–1.92)

 Obese II 1.34 (1.07–1.68) 1.27 (0.99–1.63) 2.44 (2.02–2.96) 2.28 (1.85–2.81) 8.09 (6.73–9.73) 6.62 (5.41–8.09) 4.12 (3.44–4.93) 3.28 (2.69–4.01)

 Obese III 1.44 (0.98–2.12) 1.19 (0.79–1.79) 2.11 (1.51–2.94) 1.73 (1.21–2.46) 9.06 (6.66–12.32) 6.65 (4.80–9.21) 5.28 (3.90–7.14) 3.48 (2.52–4.80)

WC > 88 cm

 Yes 1.16 (1.07–1.26) 1.12 (1.00–1.26) 1.69 (1.58–1.81) 1.47 (1.33–1.62) 3.07 (2.86–3.31) 1.65 (1.49–1.84) 2.26 (2.11–2.42) 1.83 (1.66–2.03)

 No Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; WC, waist circumference.

a

Adjusted for baseline age only.

b

Adjusted for baseline age, study membership (clinical trial or observational study), baseline hormone therapy use, race/ethnicity, education, marital status, baseline smoking status, baseline alcohol use, baseline physical activity, and baseline depression status. Waist circumference model included adjustment for body mass index.