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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Apr 7.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Clin Nutr. 2008 Sep;88(3):769–777. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/88.3.769

Table 4.

Mean weight change (kg) according to categories of change in dietary energy density (Kcal/g) among 50,026 women.

Categories of change in dietary energy density
Consistent in the Lowest Quintiles Consistent in the Highest Quintiles Moved from the Lowest to the Highest Quintiles Moved from the Highest to the Lowest Quintiles Other
Period 19911995
 No. participants 12,144 12,084 4,186 4,071 17,541
 Crude weight change [kg, mean (SE)] 3.57 (0.05) 3.07 (0.05) 4.29 (0.09) 2.26 (0.09) 3.23 (0.05)
 Multivariate 11-adjusted weight change [kg, mean (SE)] 3.49 (0.05) 3.13 (0.05) 4.26 (0.09) 2.24 (0.09) 3.25 (0.05)
 Multivariate 22-adjusted weight change [kg, mean (SE)] 3.63 (0.06) 2.99 (0.05) 4.08 (0.09) 2.42 (0.09) 3.24 (0.04)

Period 19951999
 No. participants 10,670 10,689 5,649 5,196 17,822
 Crude weight change [kg, mean (SE)] 2.00 (0.06) 2.15 (0.06) 3.05 (0.08) 1.41 (0.08) 2.18 (0.04)
 Multivariate 11-adjusted weight change [kg, mean (SE)] 2.04 (0.06) 2.09 (0.06) 3.05 (0.08) 1.40 (0.08) 2.20 (0.04)
 Multivariate 22-adjusted weight change [kg, mean (SE)] 2.33 (0.06) 1.80 (0.06) 2.90 (0.08) 1.62 (0.08) 2.18 (0.04)

Period 19911999
 No. participants 9,861 9,951 6,346 5,914 17,954
 Crude weight change [kg, mean (SE)] 5.34 (0.08) 5.33 (0.08) 6.94 (0.09) 4.20 (0.09) 5.43 (0.05)
 Multivariate 11-adjusted weight change [kg, mean (SE)] 5.30 (0.08) 5.37 (0.08) 6.78 (0.09) 4.30 (0.09) 5.45 (0.05)
 Multivariate 22-adjusted weight change [kg, mean (SE)] 5.81 (0.08) 4.90 (0.08) 6.41 (0.09) 4.67 (0.09) 5.44 (0.05)
1

Multivariate model adjusted for age (continuous), baseline alcohol intake (0, 0.1 to 4.9, 5.0 to 9.9, 10+ g/day), physical activity (quintiles metabolic equivalent score), smoking (never, past, current, missing), postmenopausal hormone use (no, current or past, missing), oral contraceptive use (no, current, missing), cereal fiber intake (quintiles), trans fat intake (quintiles), and baseline BMI (continuous).

2

Multivariate model adjusted for multivariate model 1 + changes in confounders between time periods (except BMI) and change in intake of sugar-sweetened soft drinks.