Table 3.

Influence of the evacuation on changes of Hb in relation to smoking, obesity, and weight gain

Sex	Factors	n	Changes in Hb (g/d)		p*
			Evacuation (-)	Evacuation (+)
Men	Smoking (-)	3,579	0.11	0.29	<0.0001
	Smoking (+)	1,048	0.09	0.27	0.008
	BMI <25 kg/m2	3,180	0.10	0.30	<0.0001
	BMI 25 ≧ kg/m2	1,447	0.13	0.24	0.08
	Change in BM < 1 kg/m2	2,981	0.03	0.15	0.006
	Change in BM ≧ 1 kg/m2	1,646	0.44	0.46	0.89
Women	Smoking (-)	5,851	0.12	0.22	<0.0001
	Smoking (+)	240	-0.04	0.13	0.12
	BMI <25 kg/m2	4,229	0.12	0.22	0.0002
	BMI 25 ≧ kg/m2	1,862	0.10	0.21	0.02
	Change in BM < 1 kg/m2	4,444	0.09	0.17	0.002
	Change in BM ≧ 1 kg/m2	1,647	0.22	0.31	0.13

*Age—a djusted p value for comparing changes in the evacuee group to changes in the non—evacuee group before and after the earthquake.

BMI, body math index; Hb, hemoglobin.