BMC Public Health

Table 1 β-coefficients (β) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for BMI (rate of change), men aged 16–71 years using mixed models with random intercepts and random slopes

From: Longitudinal age-and cohort trends in body mass index in Sweden – a 24-year follow-up study

		Unadjusted		Adjusted
Variable	Category	β	95% CI	β	95% CI
Rate of change
Age-centered	Centered at 44 y	0.126	0.120-0.132	0.122	0.116-0.127
*Ageccohortc**		0.00077	0.00034-0.0012	0.00076	0.00033-0.0012
Agec-squared		−0.0019	−0.0022- -0.0016	−0.0019	−0.0022- - 0.0016
Cohort-centered	Centered at 1954	0.056	0.050-0.062	0.055	0.049-0.061
Education	Low			0
	Middle			0.19	0.07 to 0.32
	High			0.13	0.00 to 0.27
Urbanization ¹	1			0
	2			0.31	0.15 to 0.47
	3			0.33	0.17 to 0.50
Physical activity	Almost none			0
	Once a week			−0.10	−0.20 to 0.01
	>Once a week			−0.24	−0.33 to −0.15
Smoking	Non-smokers			0
	Former smokers			0.31	0.16 to 0.45
	Current smokers			−0.18	−0.34 to −0.03
Chronic disease	No			0
	Yes			0.09	−0.01 to 0.18

¹Residence in: (1) the three largest cities in Sweden; (2) medium-sized towns (population >90,000); and (3) small towns (population 27,000–90,000) and rural areas.

Back to article page

ISSN: 1471-2458

Contact us

Submission enquiries: bmcpublichealth@biomedcentral.com
General enquiries: ORSupport@springernature.com