Table 3.

Estimated odds ratios from discrete time logistic model, NHANES III (1988–1994), NHANES 1999–2010, ages 40–69 at baseline

Characteristica	Model 1c	Model 2c	Model 3c
Black (white)b	1.67 (1.38–2.03)	1.48 (1.21–1.79)	1.26 (1.04–1.54)
Male (female)	1.44 (1.23–1.68)	1.33 (1.13–1.56)	1.32 (1.12–1.56)
Male*black	1.11 (0.86–1.43)	0.97 (0.75–1.25)	1.12 (0.87–1.46)
Education (4+ yrs. college)
<12 years		2.59 (2.04–3.30)	2.32 (1.82–2.96)
High school graduate		2.01 (1.59–2.56)	1.85 (1.46–2.36)
< 4 years college		1.77 (1.37–2.29)	1.63 (1.26–2.10)
Smoking (Never smoker)
Current smoker		3.23 (2.70–3.86)	3.51 (2.93–4.20)
Former smoker		1.79 (1.48–2.17)	1.80 (1.49–2.18)
Maximum BMId			1.03 (1.00–1.07)
Maximum BMI squaredd			1.00 (1.00–1.00)
Constant	0.00 (0.00–0.00)	0.00 (0.00–0.00)	0.00 (0.00–0.00)
N	12,291
Person-Years	123,733
Deaths	1,749

^aAll models also control for age as a time-varying covariate.

^bOmitted categories are given in parentheses.

^cConfidence intervals are in parentheses.

^dAdditional precision for estimated of: BMI = 1.03298 [0.99854–1.06860]; BMI squared = 1.00117 [0.99952–1.00282]