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. 2015 May 16;12:64. doi: 10.1186/s12966-015-0227-z

Table 5.

Odds of being metabolically healthy obese by weight history and PA adherence levels for total and recreational PA

Odds Ratio age (95 % CI) Odds Ratio adj (95 % CI)
PA adherence levels PA adherence levels
Inactive Somewhat active Active Inactive Somewhat active Active
Total PA
Change in weight since age 25 y
Lost ≥30 kg 0.54 (0.17, 1.69) 0.56 (0.19, 1.67) 0.83 (0.44, 1.58) 0.46 (0.09, 2.31) 0.45 (0.11, 1.85) 0.70 (0.34, 1.45)
Lost <30 kg 0.58 (0.11, 3.13) 0.56 (0.18, 1.74) 0.81 (0.41, 1.61) 0.52 (0.03, 7.81) 0.50 (0.12, 2.14) 0.45 (0.21, 0.97)
Gained 0 - <10 kg 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Gained 10 - <20 kg 0.64 (0.25, 1.65) 0.75 (0.33, 1.68) 0.56 (0.33, 0.95) 1.72 (0.32, 9.24) 0.60 (0.20, 1.83) 0.49 (0.25, 0.93)
Gained 20 - <30 kg 0.51 (0.19, 1.37) 0.59 (0.24, 1.42) 0.65 (0.37, 1.14) 0.99 (0.22, 4.35) 0.48 (0.15, 1.5) 0.48 (0.26, 0.88)
Gained 30 - <40 kg 0.28 (0.10, 0.79) 0.66 (0.28, 1.58) 0.61 (0.33, 1.11) 0.37 (0.07, 1.89) 0.46 (0.14, 1.57) 0.52 (0.25, 1.09)
Gained ≥40 kg 0.43 (0.17, 1.10) 0.52 (0.20, 1.36) 0.38 (0.21, 0.67) 0.6 (0.14, 2.52) 0.34 (0.09, 1.33) 0.24 (0.1, 0.55)
Change in weight from 10 y ago
Lost ≥30 kg 1.26 (0.47, 3.38) 1.5 (0.64, 3.55) 2.06 (1.21, 3.51) 1.09 (0.22, 5.37) 1.92 (0.55, 6.65) 1.66 (0.77, 3.54)
Lost <30 kg 1.27 (0.41, 3.95) 0.68 (0.29, 1.60) 1.04 (0.58, 1.87) 0.8 (0.07, 9.36) 0.96 (0.28, 3.30) 0.73 (0.36, 1.49)
Gained 0 - <10 kg 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Gained 10 - <20 kg 2.25 (0.92, 5.49) 0.85 (0.44, 1.65) 1.00 (0.66, 1.52) 3.1 (0.69, 13.88) 0.84 (0.4, 1.76) 0.97 (0.57, 1.63)
Gained 20 - <30 kg 0.84 (0.43, 1.62) 1.39 (0.63, 3.08) 0.9 (0.53, 1.51) 0.64 (0.14, 2.85) 1.1 (0.43, 2.83) 0.80 (0.40, 1.61)
Gained 30 - <40 kg 1.09 (0.37, 3.19) 1.93 (0.73, 5.15) 0.78 (0.32, 1.88) 0.19 (0.02, 2.14) 1.96 (0.48, 7.95) 0.57 (0.22, 1.49)
Gained ≥40 kg 1.29 (0.33, 4.99) 0.92 (0.26, 3.3) 0.83 (0.34, 2.02) 0.65 (0.09, 4.77) 0.7 (0.11, 4.67) 0.83 (0.22, 3.15)
Recreational PA
Change in weight since age 25 y
Lost ≥30 kg 0.53 (0.25, 1.12) 0.50 (0.12, 2.18) 1.11 (0.53, 2.34) 0.30 (0.11, 0.81) 0.95 (0.14, 6.49) 1.20 (0.56, 2.59)
Lost <30 kg 0.6 (0.21, 1.76) 1.03 (0.32, 3.33) 0.78 (0.37, 1.66) 0.33 (0.08, 1.44) 1.22 (0.25, 6.02) 0.47 (0.18, 1.22)
Gained 0 - <10 kg 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Gained 10 - <20 kg 0.65 (0.34, 1.25) 0.94 (0.36, 2.47) 0.49 (0.24, 0.99) 0.65 (0.27, 1.59) 1.50 (0.33, 6.84) 0.42 (0.19, 0.92)
Gained 20 - <30 kg 0.62 (0.31, 1.24) 0.90 (0.32, 2.59) 0.55 (0.28, 1.09) 0.57 (0.24, 1.34) 1.30 (0.37, 4.54) 0.41 (0.21, 0.79)
Gained 30 - <40 kg 0.58 (0.27, 1.22) 0.80 (0.28, 2.27) 0.48 (0.21, 1.11) 0.51 (0.18, 1.39) 1.06 (0.25, 4.39) 0.37 (0.14, 0.95)
Gained ≥40 kg 0.37 (0.19, 0.74) 0.70 (0.20, 2.47) 0.39 (0.19, 0.81) 0.31 (0.11, 0.88) 0.53 (0.08, 3.37) 0.25 (0.09, 0.69)
Change in weight from 10 y ago
Lost ≥30 kg 1.28 (0.71, 2.30) 1.94 (0.87, 4.33) 2.15 (1.18, 3.91) 1.28 (0.54, 3.04) 2.38 (0.88, 6.41) 1.37 (0.58, 3.23)
Lost <30 kg 1.04 (0.5, 2.16) 1.29 (0.45, 3.67) 0.67 (0.34, 1.31) 0.95 (0.36, 2.52) 1.56 (0.42, 5.78) 0.40 (0.16, 1.01)
Gained 0 - <10 kg 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Gained 10 - <20 kg 1.29 (0.70, 2.39) 1.28 (0.57, 2.88) 0.79 (0.50, 1.22) 1.21 (0.58, 2.52) 2.06 (0.80, 5.27) 0.65 (0.38, 1.08)
Gained 20 - <30 kg 1.36 (0.71, 2.61) 1.31 (0.66, 2.57) 0.57 (0.29, 1.11) 1.19 (0.43, 3.30) 1.51 (0.66, 3.46) 0.44 (0.18, 1.05)
Gained 30 - <40 kg 1.47 (0.65, 3.32) 1.12 (0.30, 4.2) 0.65 (0.21, 1.96) 0.75 (0.24, 2.32) 1.51 (0.37, 6.15) 0.41 (0.11, 1.56)
Gained ≥40 kg 0.82 (0.26, 2.59) 0.72 (0.17, 3.01) 0.97 (0.32, 2.90) 0.68 (0.16, 2.96) 0.19 (0.02, 1.84) 0.76 (0.15, 3.81)

Physical Activity Categories: Inactive (No reported physical activity, referent), somewhat active (<500 MET min/week), Active (≥500 MET min/week). Metabolically Healthy Obese (≤2 metabolic syndrome components). ORage is adjusted for age and ORadj is adjusted for age, sex, education, income, ethnicity, smoking and alcohol