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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Eat Disord. 2019 Apr 17;52(7):825–833. doi: 10.1002/eat.23083

Table 3.

Logistic regression of BMI genetic risk score (clumping at r2 cutoff .1 and 250 kb window including 10 PCs at p<1.0) as predictor and weight gain goals and behaviors as outcomes

Females Males


OR (95% CI) p pseudo R2 OR (95% CI) p pseudo R2


Weight gain goals 0.59 (0.46–0.75) <0.001 0.03 0.80 (0.72–0.89) <0.001 0.01
Weight gain behaviorsa 0.59 (0.45–0.77) <0.001 0.03 0.79 (0.70–0.88) <0.001 0.02

Adjusted for BMIb

Weight gain goals 0.76 (0.58–1.00) 0.05 0.17 1.02 (0.91–1.14) 0.76 0.09
Weight gain behaviorsa 0.76 (0.57–1.02) 0.07 0.17 1.03 (0.91–1.18) 0.63 0.12

Bold indicates p<0.00625 (Bonferroni correction)

a

Weight gain behaviors include eating more, eating different foods than normal, and taking food supplements to gain weight

b

BMI is significantly associated with all outcomes in both sexes (p<0.001)