Table 4.

Estimated Regression Coefficients for the Effects of Socioeconomic Status, Demographic s, and Health Behaviors on Waist and Body Mass Index for Middle Age and Older Adults

	Waist (N=5,818)	BMI (N=5,640)
Sex
Female	Ref.	Ref.
Male	−0.62	−1.87**
Age
50–59	Ref.	Ref.
60–69	0.38	−0.29
70–79	−0.38	−1.66***
80+	−2.08***	−4.11***
Race/Ethnicity
White	Ref.	Ref.
Black American	0.56	1.02***
Latino	−0.48	−0.37
Coupled Status
Married/Coupled	Ref.	Ref.
Not Married/Coupled	−0.18	0.25
Number of Years in School	−0.22***	−0.12**
Male x Number of Years in School	0.18**	N/A
Income (logged)	−0.11	−0.13
Assets (logged)	−0.21***	−0.22***
Male x Assets	0.18***	0.19***
Number of times consumed four or more drinks one occasion	−0.02*	−0.03***
Frequency of moderate exercise (1=hardly ever or never to 5=every day)	−0.94***	−0.67***
Currently smokes	−2.17***	−3.18***
R-Square	0.16	0.11

Note: Results are weighted and adjusted for the complex survey design.