Table A1.

Cross-National Comparison of Effects of Low Height and Obesity on Adult HTN and Diabetes.

	HTN			Diabetes
	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3
Bogotá
Low height	1.38 [1.02–1.86]	1.33 [0.98–1.79]	1.29 [0.96–1.75]	0.79 [0.59–1.06]	0.76 [0.57–1.03]	0.74 [0.55–0.99]
Obese		2.53 [1.83–3.50]	2.53 [1.83–3.49]		1.65 [1.23–2.22]	1.65 [1.23–2.21]
Mexico
Low height	0.89 [0.65–1.21]	0.86 [0.63–1.17]	0.81 [0.59–1.1 1]	0.64 [0.45–0.89]	0.63 [0.45–0.89]	0.61 [0.43–0.86]
Obese		1.61 [1.19–2.18]	1.59 [1.18–2.16]		1.06 [0.78–1.43]	1.06 [0.79–1.44]
S. Africa
Low height	0.79 [0.56–1.11]	0.74 [0.52–1.05]	0.74 [0.52–1.05]	0.83 [0.57–1.22]	0.79 [0.54–1.17]	0.81 [0.55–1.20]
Obese		1.36 [0.96–1.91]	1.47 [1.00–1.99]		1.39 [0.98–1.97]	1.24 [0.87–1.78]
England
Low height	1.11 [0.97–1.28]	1.07 [0.93–1.23]	1.04 [0.91–1.20]	0.81 [0.65–1.02]	0.76 [0.61–0.96]	0.75 [0.60–0.94]
Obese		1.76 [1.51–2.04]	1.76 [1.52–2.05]		2.47 [2.02–3.02]	2.46 [2.01–3.01]
US
Low height	1.14 [0.97–1.34]	1.12 [0.95–1.32]	1.08 [0.91–1.27]	0.98 [0.79–1.20]	0.96 [0.77–1.18]	0.90 [0.73–1.11]
Obese		2.16 [1.85–2.53]	2.06 [1.76–2.41]		2.56 [2.18–3.00]	2.38 [2.02–2.79]

Source. SABE-Bogotá; SAGE-Mexico, SAG E-South Africa; ELSA-England; and HRS-US.

Note. Shown are odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals based on imputation models using five imputed data sets. HTN and diabetes as dependent variables are not imputed. Model I controls for age and gender; Model 2 controls adds obesity; Model 3 also controls for education and smoking. Best models, according to BIC, are noted in italics; lower values for BIC are preferred. Models for the United States and England and Colombia (HTN) were different from the null model (p < .001); models for Colombia, Mexico, and South Africa were different at p < .05 with the exception of South Africa HTN and Colombia diabetes. HTN = hypertension.