Table 3.
Hazard ratios (95% confidence interval) of early retirement by BMI status at age 25: the ArIc study
| White women | African-American women |
White men | African-American men |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retirement prior to age 65 | ||||
| Unadjusted | ||||
| Normal (<25 kg/m2) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Overweight or obese (≥25 kg/m2) | 0.78 (0.56–1.10) | 1.44 (1.05–1.96) | 1.29 (1.09–1.52) | 1.46 (1.02–2.10) |
| Adjusteda | ||||
| Normal (<25 kg/m2) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Overweight or obese (≥25 kg/m2) | 0.91 (0.64–1.28) | 1.62 (1.17–2.23) | 1.32 (1.12–1.57) | 1.43 (0.99–2.07) |
| Retirement prior to age 62 | ||||
| Unadjusted | ||||
| Normal (<25 kg/m2) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Overweight or obese (≥25 kg/m2) | 0.73 (0.50–1.09) | 1.55 (1.11–2.16) | 1.17 (0.97–1.42) | 1.26 (0.86–1.86) |
| Adjusteda | ||||
| Normal (<25 kg/m2) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Overweight or obese (≥25 kg/m2) | 0.88 (0.59–1.32) | 1.81 (1.29–2.55) | 1.22 (1.01–1.48) | 1.23 (0.83–1.82) |
Separate Cox proportional hazards models for each race and gender group.
a
Adjusted for education (<high school, high school, >high school), smoking status (never, former, current), income (5 levels), occupation type (technician, service, management, mechanic/laborer/farmer), occupational physical activity, marital status (married, not married), and field center at baseline.