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. 2021 Oct 23;151(Suppl 2):162S–167S. doi: 10.1093/jn/nxab170

TABLE 2.

Four-year weight change by different amounts of 4-y change in GDQS in Nurses’ Health Study II participants1

GDQS change, points
<−5 (decrease) −5 to <−2 (decrease) −2 to 2 (little change) >2 to 5 (increase) >5 (increase) Per 5-point increase
All women
 Age adjusted 0.92 (0.84, 1.00) 0.43 (0.36, 0.49) Reference −0.41 (−0.47, −0.35) −1.06 (−1.13, −1.00) −0.70 (−0.73, −0.68)
 Multivariable2 1.03 (0.94, 1.11) 0.47 (0.41, 0.54) Reference −0.44 (−0.50, −0.38) −1.13 (−1.19, −1.06) −0.77 (−0.80, −0.75)
Women <50 y old
 Age adjusted 1.05 (0.96, 1.14) 0.41 (0.34, 0.48) Reference −0.45 (−0.52, −0.38) −1.16 (−1.24, −1.09) −0.75 (−0.78, −0.72)
 Multivariable2 1.13 (1.04, 1.22) 0.45 (0.38, 0.53) Reference −0.49 (−0.56, −0.42) −1.24 (−1.31, −1.16) −0.83 (−0.86, −0.80)
Women ≥50 y old
 Age adjusted 1.00 (0.83, 1.17) 0.76 (0.63, 0.88) Reference −0.05 (−0.16, 0.05) −0.55 (−0.66, −0.44) −0.55 (−0.59, −0.50)
 Multivariable2 0.81 (0.63, 0.98) 0.54 (0.41, 0.67) Reference −0.43 (−0.54, −0.31) −0.96 (−1.08, −0.84) −0.71 (−0.76, −0.66)
1

Values are weight changes (95% CIs) in kg. GDQS, Global Diet Quality Score.

2

Adjusted for age, time period, change in smoking, oral contraceptive use, menopausal status and postmenopausal hormone use (“all women” analysis only), change in sitting, change in physical activity, change in alcohol intake, baseline GDQS, and sleep duration.