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. 2014 Oct 24;12:150. doi: 10.1186/s12955-014-0150-z

Table 3.

Regression coefficients for health utility weight by age, sex, education, BMI and glucose group, beta regression 1

Coefficient (95% CI) 2 NGT IFG IGT IFG&IGT T2D Total
Age −0.0002 −0.0011 −0.0013 0.0050 0.0002 −0.0008
(metric) (−0.0008 - 0.0005) (−0.0031 – 0.0008) (−0.0044 – 0.0018) (0.0003 – 0.0095) (−0.0030 – 0.0035) (−0.0014 – -0.0003)
Sex −0.1940 −0.1855 −0.1259 −0.1905 −0.1968 −0.1889
(reference: male) (−0.2048 - -0.1833) (−0.2160 - -0.1549) (−0.1733 - -0.0784) (−0.2558 – -0.1253) (−0.2418 - -0.1519) (−0.1984 - -0.1793)
Education
(reference: basic)3
Middle4 0.0531 0.0571 0.0175 0.1304 0.0489 0.0552
(0.0364 – 0.0697) (0.0158 – 0.0984) (−0.0440 – 0.0791) (0.0470 – 0.2137) (−0.0050 – 0.1029) (0.0411 – 0.0694)
High5 0.0800 0.0645 0.0595 0.0942 0.0675 0.0813
(0.0624 – 0.0975) (0.0186 – 0.1104) (−0.0098 – 0.1288) (−0.0018 – 0.1901) (0.0027 – 0.1322) (0.0661 – 0.0964)
Body Mass Index, BMI 6
(reference: normal, 18.5 - 24.9)
Underweight, <18.5 0.0033 0.0311 0.2074 0.0803 0.2749 0.0202
(−0.0448 – 0.0515) (−0.1404 – 0.2026) (−0.0095 – 0.4244) (−1.0080 – 1.1686) (−0.0711 – 0.6210) (−0.0250 – 0.0654)
Overweight, 25.0 – 29.9 0.0549 0.0570 0.0593 0.0756 0.0359 0.0590
(0.0432 – 0.0665) (0.0212 – 0.0927) (0.0027 – 0.1159) (−0.0170 – 0.1682) (−0.0306 – 0.1023) (−0.0483 – 0.0696)
Obesity, ≥30.0 −0.1783 −0.1892 −0.1288 −0.1858 −0.1721 −0.1929
(−0.1939 – -0.1626) (−0.2291 – -0.1492) (−0.1920 – -0.0656) (−0.2781 – 0.0935) (−0.2368 – -0.1075) (−0.2061 – -0.1798)
Constant 1.5568 1.5158 0.9803 0.9812 0.9028 1.5438
(1.4493 – 1.6642) (1.1467 – 1.8849) (0.5003 – 1.4604) (−1.2147 – 3.1771) (0.1722 – 1.6333) (1.4441 - 1.6435)
n 40 857 5 225 2 236 1 113 2 698 52 129
McFadden’s pseudo-R 2 0.0219 0.0253 0.0120 0.0349 0.0297 0.0238

Significant coefficients are in bold print with significance at a 5% level.

1Wald chi2: all five models are significant, p <0.001.

2CI = confidence interval.

3“compulsory school” or “less than 10 years of education in school”.

4“10-12 years of education in school”.

5“university” or “education of more than 12 years in school”.

6BMI = [weight in kg]/[height in m]2.