Table 4.

Adjusted estimates of % adult obese in 2016 according to categories of altitude, counties in the contiguous U.S.

			Adjusted for
			% adult physical inactivity		% adult smokers		All variables∗
	Mean (%)		Mean (%)		Mean (%)		Mean (%)
<500 meters	33.66	Referent	33.37	Referent	33.34	Referent	33.35	Referent
500–999 meters	31.91	−5.18%	32.03	−4.01%	32.53	−2.43%	32.06	−3.87%
1,000–1,499 meters	30.40	−9.69%	31.45	−5.75%	31.62	−5.15%	31.47	−5.64%
1,500–1,999 meters	28.01	−16.77%	30.35	−9.06%	29.88	−10.38%	30.67	−8.03%
2,000–2,499 meters	25.53	−24.14%	28.68	−14.07%	27.73	−16.83%	29.55	−11.41%
2,500 meters	21.78	−35.28%	26.50	−20.60%	24.16	−27.55%	27.50	−17.54%
F value	78.56		34.03		42.00		11.09
Pr > F	<0.0001		<0.0001		<0.0001		<0.0001

^∗Average maximum air temperature and precipitation and average fine particulate matter, % female, % non-Hispanic white, % black, % Hispanic, % rural, % some college, median household income, % food insecure, Food Environment Index, % smokers, and % physically inactive.