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. 2022 Mar 2;22:418. doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-12810-z

Table 4.

Sex-specific mixed effects estimates on waist circumference of study population, coefficient (95% CI)

Coefficient (95% CI) P-value
Men
 Age 0.77(0.57, 0.96) < 0.001
 Age2 −0.006(− 0.008, − 0.004) < 0.001
Time (Ref: Phase I)
 Phase III 9.49 (7.88, 11.10) < 0.001
 Phase V 10.44(7.39, 13.49) < 0.001
Time*age (Ref: Phase I)
 Phase III*age −0.06(−0.10, − 0.03) < 0.001
 Phase V*age −0.06(− 0.12, − 0.001) 0.045
Smoking (Ref: non-smoker) −1.12(−1.63, − 0.61) < 0.001
Physical activity (Ref: high) 0.77(0.48,1.07) < 0.001
Education (Ref: > 12 year) −0.33(− 0.95, 0.29) 0.295
Spouse: (Ref: married) −3.11(−3.83,-2.40) < 0.001
Women
 Age 1.32(1.14, 1.50) < 0.001
 Age2 −0.010(− 0.013,-0.008) < 0.001
Time (Ref: Phase I)
 Phase III −4.87(−6.57, −3.17) < 0.001
 Phase V −2.84(−5.90, 0.23) 0.070
Time*age (Ref: Phase I)
 Phase III*age 0.13(0.09, 0.16) < 0.001
 Phase V*age 0.13(0.07, 0.19) < 0.001
Smoking (Ref: non-smoker) −0.76(−2.12, 0.60) 0.274
Physical activity (Ref: high) 0.80(0.46, 1.15) < 0.001
Education (Ref: > 12 year) 2.63(1.83, 3.42) < 0.001
Spouse: (Ref: married) −5.25(−6.26,-4.24) < 0.001

Model includes age, age-squared, study phase year, age interacted with study phase year, smoking, education, and marital status