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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Dec 14.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Obes (Lond). 2012 Jan 24;36(12):1591. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2011.277

Table 1.

Corrected regression coefficients for calculating corrected BMI scores based on self-reported height, weight, and other variables.

Variable Coefficient
Intercept −3.494664
Height-SR [cm] 0.268621
(Height-SR)2 [cm2] −0.0016514
Weight-SR [kg] 0.4764528
(Weight-SR)2 [kg2] −0.000653
Gender (1 = f, 0 = m) 1.261229
Age (years) −0.0322061
Age2 0.0004285
Pregnant (1 = y, 0 = n) 2.036989
Race/Ethnicity
_Mexican American 0.2661421
_African American 0.0644164
_Other Minorities 0.3347232
Marital Status
_Widowed −0.1469671
_Divorced/Separated 0.0200985
_Never Married 0.1839346
_Living with Partner 0.1280038
Household Income
_≥$20,000 −0.1326763
Missing Household Income −0.0921509
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