Table 2.

Coefficients (95% Confidence intervals) for memory scores by BMI categories (Health and Retirement Study, n=7029)

Body Mass Index (kg/m2)	18.5 – <20 (n=230)	20 – < 25 (n=2234)	25 – < 30 (n=2878)	≥ 30 (n=1687)
Crude	1.108 (−0.140; 2.355)	0	0.103 (−0.326; 0.531)	0.178 (−0.320; 0.675)
Adjusted for minimal set of confounders, without possible mediators‡	0.001 (−0.027; 0.028)	0	0.009 (−0.002; 0.020)	0.002 (−0.011; 0.015)
Adjusted for extensive set of possible confounders*	0.003 (−0.024; 0.031)	0	0.012 (0.001; 0.023)	0.012 (−0.002; 0.025)
IPCW†	0.005 (−0.022; 0.032)	0	0.007 (−0.004; 0.018)	0.008 (−0.006; 0.022)

^‡Adjusted for age, sex, race, schooling, Southern birth, labor force, marital status, income, wealth

^*Adjusted for age, sex, race, schooling, Southern birth, labor force, marital status, income, wealth, physical activity, smoking, alcohol use, diabetes, hypertension, stroke, heart disease, cancer, self-reported health, depression, basic and instrumental activities of daily living

^†IPCW: Inverse probability weighting for censoring.