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. 2017 May 18;186(1):21–28. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwx038

Table 3.

Odds Ratios for the Joint Association of Body Mass Index and Physical Activity With Current Asthma From Marginal Structural Models, After Truncation of Extreme Weights and Among Nonsmokers (Sensitivity Analyses), Asthma-E3N Study, 2000–2011

Exposure Weight Truncationa Nonsmokers (n = 8,062)
OR 95% CI OR 95% CI
Body mass indexb
 <20.0 0.90 0.79, 1.03 0.86 0.71, 1.05
 20.0–24.9 1.00 Referent 1.00 Referent
 25.0–29.9 1.29 1.17, 1.42 1.22 1.07, 1.40
 ≥30.0 1.86 1.60, 2.17 1.56 1.25, 1.96
Tertile of physical activity
 First 1.00 Referent 1.00 Referent
 Second 1.01 0.93, 1.11 1.03 0.92, 1.16
 Third 1.00 0.91, 1.10 0.97 0.85, 1.11

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; E3N, Etude Epidémiologique auprès de Femmes de la Mutuelle Générale de l'Education Nationale; OR, odds ratio.

a The values of weights greater than the 99th percentile (i.e., 1.28) were reset to 1.28, and the values of weights lower than the first percentile (i.e., 0.75) were reset to 0.75.

b Weight (kg)/height (m)2.