Table 5. Regional Variation in Obesity Hazard and Relationship with Civilian Obesity.
Census Region | Hazard Ratio (95% CI) | |
Model 1* | Model 2† | |
New England‡ | 0.98 (0.68–1.42) | 0.88 (0.62–1.26) |
Mid Atlantic | 1.27 (1.13–1.44) | 1.06 (0.96–1.18) |
East North Central | 1.62 (1.40–1.88) | 1.60 (1.39–1.85) |
West North Central | 2.33 (2.11–2.56) | 2.25 (2.06–2.47) |
South Atlantic | 1.38 (1.26–1.50) | 1.29 (1.21–1.38) |
East South Central | Referent | 1.20 (1.06–1.37) |
West South Central | 2.51 (2.30–2.73) | 2.32 (2.15–2.50) |
Mountain** | 1.32 (1.20–1.45) | 1.14 (1.05–1.23) |
Pacific | 1.20 (1.09–1.33) | Referent |
*Model 1 adjusted for all variables in Tables 1–2 aside from altitude category (branch of service, time in service, age, enlistment BMI, sex, housing allowance, Race/Ethnicity, and job category).
Model 2 also adjusted for self-reported current smoking among civilians (as reported in 2011 BRFSS).
New England not used as the referent group as it had the smallest sample size.
**The average altitude of 3 digit zip code areas throughout the Mountain census region varied from 0.44 km to 2.87 km (highest residence of a service member was 2.34 km) and a majority of person time observed in this region was from members living at <1.96 km.