. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Apr 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Geriatr Phys Ther. 2016 Apr-Jun;39(2):71–76. doi: 10.1519/JPT.0000000000000051

Table 3.

Odds of Physical and Functional Limitation for Physically Active, Community Dwelling Older Adults

Obesity Category	Physical Limitations			ADL			IADL
	OR (95% CI)			OR (95% CI)			OR (95% CI)
Waist Circumference	Unadjusted	Adjusted	Adjusted Wt.	Unadjusted	Adjusted	Adjusted Wt.	Unadjusted	Adjusted	Adjusted Wt.
Low WC	.48 (.41–.57)^a	.56 (.47–.66)^a	.56 (.45–.71)^a	.49 (.39–.62)^a	.51 (.40–.64)^a	.58 (.42–.79)^b	.35 (.29–.41)^a	.39 (.32–.46)^a	.34 (.27–.44)^a
High WC	.52 (.44–.59)^a	.59 (.52–.68)^a	.66 (.56–.68)^a	.50 (.42–.59)^a	.52 (.44–.62)^a	.45 (.36–.57)^a	.40 (.35–.45)^a	.44 (.39–.50)^a	.48 (.40–.58)^a
BMI
Normal	.47 (.38–.58)^a	.54 (.44–.67)^a	.48 (.36–.64)^a	.49 (.37–.65)^a	.51 (.38–.69)^a	.60 (.41–.88)^d	.37 (.30–.45)^a	.41 (.33–.51)^a	.43 (.32–.57)^a
Overweight	.48 (.41–.57)^a	.56 (.47–.67)^a	.62 (.49–.79)^a	.52 (.42–.65)^a	.55 (.44–.69)^a	.49 (.36–.66)^a	.36 (.30–.43)^a	.41 (.34–.48)^a	.39 (.30–.49)^a
Obese	.56 (.48–.66)^a	.64 (.54–.76)^a	.74 (.59–.93)^c	.48 (.39–.60)^a	.51 (.39–.60)^a	.44 (.33–.59)^a	.41 (.35–.49)^a	.47 (.39–.55)^a	.50 (.39–.63)^a

Abbreviations: ADL=activities of daily living; IADL=instrumental activities of daily living; OR=odds ratios; CI=confidence intervals.

Note. Adjusted Wt. models are reported for n = 4,776 of the sample.

p = .0001;

p <.0006

p =.01

p =.008