Table 1.
COVID-19 mortality and proportion of the overweight in adult population: Robustness.
| Regression | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| log (percentage of overweight adults in the population) | 2.571*** | 2.391*** | 2.468*** | 2.431*** | 2.449*** | 2.417*** | 2.463*** | 2.369*** | 2.488*** | 2.528*** | 2.534*** | 2.567*** |
| Income group dummy (1 = high income; 2 = upper middle income; 3 = lower middle income; 4 = low income) | −0.098 | −0.169 | −0.063 | −0.083 | −0.077 | −0.128 | 0.017 | −0.033 | −0.039 | 0.004 | −0.005 | |
| log (median age) | −0.374 | −0.096 | −0.507 | −2.291 | −75.828 | −1.875 | −71.269 | |||||
| log (percentage of female in the population) | −0.656 | −0.606 | −1.406 | −4.087 | −68.287 | −1.888 | −62.642 | |||||
| log (percentage of elderly in the population) | −0.001 | 0.122 | 0.170 | 1.049 | 0.865 | 11.316 | 10.188 | |||||
| log (median age)*log (percentage of female in the population) | 18.844 | 17.773 | ||||||||||
| log (percentage of elderly in the population)*log (percentage of female in the population) |
−2.648 | −2.402 | ||||||||||
| Constant | 3.231*** | 3.298*** | 4.765* | 5.801 | 5.984 | 3.261*** | 4.864 | 8.171 | 24.771* | 275.699 | 14.969 | 252.539 |
| Sample size | 154 | 154 | 154 | 153 | 153 | 153 | 153 | 153 | 153 | 153 | 153 | 153 |
| Adjusted R-squared | 0.370 | 0.367 | 0.364 | 0.364 | 0.360 | 0.363 | 0.359 | 0.361 | 0.365 | 0.368 | 0.365 | 0.368 |
| F-statistic | 90.84 | 45.40 | 30.22 | 29.96 | 22.33 | 29.82 | 22.29 | 22.44 | 18.44 | 15.76 | 15.58 | 13.65 |
Notes: Dependent variable is log of COVID-19 Mortality.
*** indicates that a regression coefficient is statistically significant at 1% level;
** indicates that a regression coefficient is statistically significant at 5% level; and
* indicates that a regression coefficient is statistically significant at 10% level.