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. 2016 Jan;45:131–148. doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2015.10.007

Table 6.

IV robustness analyses: different specifications of the variable of interest.

Dependent variable (1) KS3
(2) Systolic blood pressure
(3) Diastolic blood pressure
Coeff p-Value Coeff p-Value Coeff p-Value
Panel A: Pr(Underweight)
 Coefficient and p-value −5.861 0.315 −19.26 0.021 −10.56 0.065
 95% confidence interval [−17.3, 5.6] [−35.66, −2.85] [−21.77, 0.64]
 First stage F-statistic 19.91 18.22 18.22
 p-value, Hausman test 0.205 0.012 0.060



Panel B: Pr(Overweight)
 Coefficient and p-value 3.916 0.310 13.31 0.009 7.117 0.044
 95% confidence interval [−3.64, 11.47] [3.46, 22.49] [0.21, 14.03]
 First stage F-statistic 45.49 40.24 40.24
 p-value, Hausman test 0.106 0.139 0.242
Number of observations 4844 4047 4047

Notes: See notes to Table 3. Panel A presents the estimates for the effect of being underweight; Panel B shows the estimates for being overweight.