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. 2017 Dec 4;17:929. doi: 10.1186/s12889-017-4917-0

Table 3.

Results of the multivariable proportional hazards Cox regression model adjusted for age at baseline, race/ethnicity, educational level, place of residence, disability, the probability of being physically active, smoking, drinking, and the development of the number of chronic conditions for women (fully adjusted model)

Analysis of maximum likelihood estimates
Covariates Parameter estimate Standard error Pr > ChiSq Hazard ratio 95% HR Conf. limit
BMI Traj
 N-D 0.19 0.19 0.32
 OB I-D −0.59 0.24 0.02
 OB II-D 0.30 0.50 0.55
 OV-D(ref.)
The number of chronic conditions
 More than 3 −0.07 0.19 0.70
 Less than 3
BMI Traj* the number of chronic conditions 0.001
N-D more than 3 0.02 0.26 0.928
OB I-D more than 3 1.06 0.30 0.0005
OB II-D more than 3 −0.64 0.66 0.336
OV-D (ref.)
Age
0.12 0.02 <.0001
PA
 Active 8.01 2.54 0.002
 Inactive(ref.)
Age * PA 0.001
 Active −0.12 0.04 0.001
 Inactive(ref.)
Race
Non-white −0.43 0.34 0.20 0.65 0.34–1.26
White (ref.)
Disability
Yes 0.48 0.13 0.0002 1.62 1.26–2.10
No (ref.)
Education (if high school graduate)
Yes −0.23 0.12 0.05 0.79 0.63–0.99
No(ref.)
Place of residence
Rural −0.30 0.12 0.01 0.76 0.59–0.97
Urban(ref.)
Smoking
smoker 0.98 0.16 <0.0001 2.57 1.86–3.56
Non-smoker (ref.)
Drinking
Regular drinker −0.11 0.13 0.40 0.90 0.70–1.15
Non-drinker(ref.)