Spicy food consumption is associated with adiposity measures among half a million Chinese people: the China Kadoorie Biobank study

Table 3 Regression coefficients (SE) of spicy food eating associated with adiposity measures by gender groups among regular spicy food consumers ^a

	BMI		BF%		WC		WHtR
	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females
Model 1^b
n	78,858	105,988	78,808	105,931	78,858	105,988	78,858	105,988
Frequency of spicy food eating	0.078^**	0.104^**	0.207^**	0.222^**	0.192^**	0.058	0.0010^**	0.0003
Frequency of spicy food eating	(0.017)	(0.016)	(0.034)	(0.033)	(0.052)	(0.045)	(0.0003)	(0.0003)
Strength of spicy food eating	0.068^**	0.201^**	0.051	0.334^**	0.292^**	0.560^**	0.0018^**	0.0035^**
Strength of spicy food eating	(0.017)	(0.016)	(0.034)	(0.033)	(0.053)	(0.044)	(0.0003)	(0.0003)
Model 2^b
n	78,853	105,982	78,804	105,925	78,853	105,982	78,853	105,982
Frequency of spicy food eating	0.076^**	0.096^**	0.201^**	0.207^**	0.186^**	0.050	0.0010^**	0.0002
Frequency of spicy food eating	(0.017)	(0.016)	(0.034)	(0.034)	(0.053)	(0.045)	(0.0003)	(0.0003)
Strength of spicy food eating	0.065^**	0.193^**	0.042	0.317^**	0.282^**	0.551^**	0.0018^**	0.0034^**
Strength of spicy food eating	(0.018)	(0.016)	(0.035)	(0.034)	(0.054)	(0.045)	(0.0003)	(0.0003)
Years of eating spicy food-to-age ratio	0.011	0.023^**	0.028^*	0.046^**	0.029	0.024	0.0001	0.0003^*
	(0.007)	(0.006)	(0.013)	(0.013)	(0.021)	(0.018)	(0.0001)	(0.0001)

*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01.
^aparticipants who ate spicy food more than once a week.
^bAge, education, alcohol and tobacco use, physical activity, alcohol drinking, smoking and survey sites were included in models for adjustment.

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