. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Sep 23.

Published in final edited form as: Int J Obes (Lond). 2016 Mar 23;40(8):1278–1285. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2016.48

Table 5. Associations between rate of change per year in body composition measures and menopausal status and baseline age.

	β Regression Coefficients (SE)			p-value^*

	Pre-menopausal	Peri-menopausal	Post-menopausal
ΔBMI (kg/m²/yr)
Model 1	Ref	-0.098 (0.063)	-0.116 (0.049)	0.048
Model 2	Ref	-0.079 (0.079)	-0.087 (0.090)	0.557
ΔVAT (kg/yr)
Model 1	Ref	-0.002 (0.016)	-0.007 (0.013)	0.844
Model 2	Ref	-0.012 (0.020)	-0.023 (0.023)	0.593
ΔSAT (kg/yr)
Model 1	Ref	-0.027 (0.031)	-0.072 (0.024)	0.013
Model 2	Ref	-0.041 (0.039)	-0.095 (0.045)	0.099
ΔVSR (/yr)
Model 1	Ref	-0.001 (0.002)	-0.001 (0.002)	0.843
Model 2	Ref	-0.003 (0.003)	-0.004 (0.003)	0.424

p-value for difference in rate of change in body composition measures by menopausal status

Model 1: unadjusted

Model 2: adjusted for age