Table 4.
Associations between changes in marital status and weight change stratified by sex in Singapore Multi-Ethnic Cohort participants aged 21 years and above.
| Model | Independent Variable | N | (%) | Outcome: Weight Change (kg) 1 | Outcome: Major Weight Gain (≥5 kg) 1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate | (95% CI) | p-Value | OR | 95% CI | p-Value | ||||
| Male | Still not married | 659 | 15.9% | 0.00 (Ref.) | 1.00 (Ref.) | ||||
| Got married | 248 | 6.0% | 0.40 | (−0.22, 1.02) | 0.21 | 1.10 | (0.79, 1.53) | 0.56 | |
| Still married | 3090 | 74.4% | −0.39 | (−0.85, 0.08) | 0.10 | 0.68 | (0.51, 0.90) | 0.01 | |
| Got divorced, separated, or widowed | 63 | 1.5% | −0.15 | (−1.27, 0.97) | 0.79 | 0.62 | (0.28, 1.35) | 0.23 | |
| Still divorced, separated, or widowed | 92 | 2.2% | −1.23 | (−2.20, −0.26) | 0.01 | 0.65 | (0.28, 1.51) | 0.31 | |
| Female | Still not married | 782 | 14.2% | 0.00 (Ref.) | 1.00 (Ref.) | ||||
| Got married | 178 | 3.2% | 1.63 | (0.88, 2.38) | <0.01 | 1.99 | (1.35, 2.93) | <0.01 | |
| Still married | 3881 | 70.5% | 0.03 | (−0.36, 0.42) | 0.88 | 0.75 | (0.58, 0.96) | 0.02 | |
| Got divorced, separated, or widowed | 213 | 3.9% | −0.47 | (−1.19, 0.24) | 0.20 | 0.95 | (0.60, 1.51) | 0.83 | |
| Still divorced, separated, or widowed | 449 | 8.2% | 0.60 | (0.03, 1.17) | 0.04 | 1.26 | (0.85, 1.86) | 0.24 | |
OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval. 1 All effect estimates were adjusted for ethnicity, height, age at baseline, income at baseline, education at baseline, and time to follow-up.