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. 2016 Feb 3;11(2):e0148178. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0148178

Table 4. Adjusted Time Ratios of Obesity Relative to Normal Weight and Overweight across the Life Course from Weighted Accelerated Failure-Time Regression Model, NHANES III-NHANES 2009–2010, United States.

  Model 7 a Model 8 b Model 9 c
  TR 95% CI TR 95% CI TR 95% CI
Reference BMI (18.5–29.9)            
Class I obese (30.0–34.9) 0.96 0.89, 1.03 0.95 0.89, 1.02 0.94 0.86, 1.03
Class II/III obese (35.0+) 0.81 0.75, 0.88 0.82 0.76, 0.89 0.83 0.75, 0.92
Class I obese * Age 1.01 0.99, 1.02 1.01 1.00, 1.02 1.01 0.99, 1.03
Class II/III obese * Age 1.03 1.02, 1.05 1.03 1.02, 1.04 1.03 1.01, 1.06

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; CI, confidence interval; TR, time ratio; NHANES, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

a Assuming Weibull distribution of T, adjusted for race, gender, country of birth, marital status, education, income, health insurance, smoking status, chronic conditions and survey year.

b Assuming gamma distribution of T, adjusted for race, gender, country of birth, marital status, education, income, health insurance, smoking status, chronic conditions and survey year.

c Assuming log-normal distribution of T, adjusted for race, gender, country of birth, marital status, education, income, health insurance, smoking status, chronic conditions and survey year.