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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Glob Heart. 2015 Mar 7;10(4):245–254.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.gheart.2014.10.004

Table 3.

Association of body size perception and temporal change in body size perception with prevalent heart disease in Golestan Cohort Study.

Men Women

HD Cases^
No. (%)
N=1264
Controls^
No. (%)
N=19964
Unadjusted OR
(95% CI)
Adjusted OR*
(95% CI)
HD Cases^
No. (%)
N=1786
Controls^
No. (%)
N=27021
Unadjusted OR
(95% CI)
Adjusted OR*
(95% CI)
Pictogram at Age 15
  1 (slimmest) 157 (7.3) 1999 (92.7) 1.41 (1.16 – 1.72) 1.25 (1.02 – 1.53) 563 (6.8) 7708 (93.2) 1.24 (1.06 – 1.47) 1.08 (0.91 – 1.28)
  2 312 (5.7) 5169 (94.3) 1.09 (0.93 – 1.27) 1.06 (0.90 – 1.24) 299 (5.2) 5478 (94.8) 0.93 (0.78 – 1.17) 0.91 (0.76 – 1.09)
  3 339 (5.3) 6096 (94.7) Reference Reference 212 (5.5) 3626 (94.5) Reference Reference
  4 245 (6.0) 3841 (94.0) 1.15 (0.97 – 1.36) 1.09 (0.92 – 1.30) 147 (5.5) 2534 (94.5) 0.99 (0.80 – 1.23) 0.97 (0.78 – 1.21)
  5 122 (6.4) 1773 (93.6) 1.24 (1.00 – 1.53) 1.13 (0.91 – 1.41) 184 (7.2) 2357 (92.8) 1.34 (1.09 – 1.64) 1.20 (0.98 – 1.48)
  6 52 (6.7) 726 (93.3) 1.29 (0.95 – 1.74) 1.00 (0.73 – 1.37) 138 (6.3) 2052 (93.7) 1.15 (0.92 – 1.43) 1.00 (0.80 – 1.26)
  7 33 (8.9) 338 (91.1) 1.76 (1.21 – 2.55) 1.21 (0.82 – 1.79) 79 (6.5) 1134 (93.5) 1.19 (0.91 – 1.55) 0.96 (0.72 – 1.26)
  8 - - - - 61 (6.9) 829 (93.2) 1.26 (0.94 – 1.69) 0.88 (0.65 – 1.20)
  9 - - - - 103 (7.4) 1291 (92.6) 1.36 (1.07 – 1.74) 0.94 (0.73 – 1.21)
Pictogram at Age 30
  1 (slimmest) 23 (7.7) 275 (92.3) 1.54 (1.00 – 2.40) 1.50 (0.95 – 2.35) 121 (7.2) 1056 (92.8) 1.41 (1.14 – 1.75) 1.39 (1.12 – 1.72)
  2 143 (5.4) 2507 (94.6) 1.06 (0.86 – 1.29) 1.03 (0.84 – 1.27) 318 (5.5) 5474 (94.5) 1.06 (0.90 – 1.24) 1.05 (0.89 – 1.23)
  3 344 (5.1) 6367 (94.9) Reference Reference 337 (5.2) 6123 (94.8) Reference Reference
  4 375 (5.5) 6465 (94.5) 1.07 (0.92 – 1.25) 1.02 (0.87 – 1.19) 285 (5.6) 4794 (94.4) 1.08 (0.92 – 1.27) 1.07 (0.91 – 1.27)
  5 267 (7.7) 3205 (92.3) 1.54 (1.31 – 1.82) 1.26 (1.07 – 1.50) 279 (6.4) 4116 (93.6) 1.23 (1.05 – 1.45) 1.15 (0.97 – 1.36)
  6 83 (8.2) 929 (91.8) 1.65 (1.29 – 2.12) 1.14 (0.90 – 1.49) 237 (7.9) 2760 (92.1) 1.56 (1.31 – 1.85) 1.28 (1.07 – 1.53)
  7 25 (11.3) 197 (88.7) 2.35 (1.53 – 3.61) 1.41 (0.90 – 2.20) 121 (8.7) 1270 (91.3) 1.73 (1.39 – 2.15) 1.23 (0.99 – 1.54)
  8 - - - - 61 (8.9) 622 (91.1) 1.78 (1.34 – 2.37) 1.17 (0.87 – 1.57)
  9 - - - - 27 (8.4) 295 (91.6) 1.66 (1.10 – 2.50) 0.99 (0.65 – 1.51)
Pictogram at the Time of Interview
  1 (slimmest) 64 (6.5) 920 (93.5) 1.34 (1.01 – 1.78) 1.08 (0.81 – 1.45) 153 (6.7) 2119 (93.3) 1.23 (1.00 – 1.51) 1.02 (0.83 – 1.27)
  2 159 (5.0) 3028 (95.0) 1.01 (0.82 – 1.24) 0.94 (0.76 – 1.17) 162 (4.9) 3119 (95.1) 0.88 (0.72 – 1.08) 0.81 (0.66 – 0.99)
  3 235 (4.9) 4524 (95.1) Reference Reference 263 (5.5) 4486 (94.5) Reference Reference
  4 341 (6.0) 5388 (94.1) 1.22 (1.03 – 1.45) 1.18 (0.99 – 1.41) 299 (5.3) 5343 (94.7) 0.95 (0.80 – 1.13) 0.94 (0.79 – 1.12)
  5 278 (6.3) 4087 (93.6) 1.31 (1.09 – 1.57) 1.14 (0.95 – 1.38) 359 (6.2) 5465 (93.8) 1.12 (0.95 – 1.32) 1.06 (0.89 – 1.25)
  6 146 (7.9) 1694 (92.1) 1.66 (1.34 – 2.05) 1.32 (1.06 – 1.65) 285 (7.3) 3616 (92.7) 1.34 (1.13 – 1.60) 1.20 (1.01 – 1.44)
  7 36 (10.6) 302(89.4) 2.29 (1.58 – 3.32) 1.51 (1.03 – 2.22) 148 (7.7) 1785 (92.3) 1.32 (1.15 – 1.74) 1.18 (0.95 – 1.46)
  8 - - - - 67 (9.2) 660 (90.8)) 1.73 (1.31 – 2.29) 1.31 (0.98 – 1.75)
  9 - - - - 50 (10.7) 417 (89.3) 2.05 (1.49 – 2.81) 1.36 (0.98 – 1.90)
Change in Pictogram from Age 15 to 30 c
  Major decrease (>2) 13 (9.1) 130 (90.9) 1.86 (1.03 – 3.32) 1.26 (0.66 – 2.39) 112 (7.2) 1438 (92.8) 1.24 (0.99 – 1.55) 1.19 (0.91 – 1.54)
  Slight decrease (≤2) 138 (4.8) 2768 (95.2) 0.92 (0.75 – 1.14) 0.85 (0.68 – 1.07) 295 (5.3) 5269 (94.7) 0.89 (0.76 – 1.05) 0.88 (0.74 – 1.05)
  No change 324 (5.1) 6009 (94.9) Reference Reference 339 (5.9) 5400 (94.1) Reference Reference
  Slight increase (≤2) 715 (6.5) 10239 (93.5) 1.29 (1.13 – 1.48) 1.27 (1.10 – 1.47) 791 (6.1) 12209 (93.9) 1.03 (0.91 – 1.18) 1.06 (0.92 – 1.22)
  Major increase (>2) 68 (7.9) 795 (92.1) 1.60 (1.21 – 2.08) 1.21 (0.89 – 1.63) 249 (8.5) 2693 (91.5) 1.47 (1.24 – 1.74) 1.35 (1.11 – 1.62)
Change in Pictogram from Age 30 to Time of Interview d
  Major decrease (>2) 85 (9.0) 856 (91.0) 2.24 (1.74 – 2.88) 0.94 (0.76 – 1.16) 232 (8.1) 2627 (91.9) 1.76 (1.47 – 2.12) 0.90 (0.75 – 1.08)
  Slight decrease (≤2) 321 (6.4) 4676 (93.6) 1.55 (1.32 – 1.82) 0.83 (0.72 – 0.97) 361 (6.4) 5325 (93.6) 1.36 (1.15 – 1.59) 0.89 (0.77 – 1.03)
  No change 299 (4.2) 6760 (95.8) Reference Reference 268 (4.8) 5352 (95.2) Reference Reference
  Slight increase (≤2) 494 (6.5) 7090 (93.5) 1.58 (1.36 – 1.82) 1.24 (1.02 – 1.50) 583 (5.6) 9886 (94.4) 1.18 (1.02 – 1.37) 1.15 (0.98 – 1.34)
  Major increase (>2) 58 (9.4) 557 (90.6) 2.35 (1.75 – 3.16) 1.60 (0.96 – 2.67) 342 (8.2) 3818 (91.8) 1.79 (1.52 – 2.11) 1.33 (1.08 – 1.64)
^

Numbers may not add up to the total numbers due to missing data in some variables.

*

Adjusted for age, ethnicity, place of residence, education level, economic status, cigarette smoking, physical activity, hypertension, and self-reported diabetes.

c

Adjusted results were additionally adjusted for the pictogram score at age 15.

d

Adjusted results were additionally adjusted for the pictogram score at age 30.