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Table 4 Estimated marginal means (95% CI) of BMI within NEI quintiles, stratified by gender, age, and education

From: Income in relation to obesity measures in an East German adult population: findings from the LIFE-Adult-Study

    

NEI

    

Quintile 1

Quintile 2–4

Quintile 5

Women

< 65 years

Medium/low education

N

421

1177

510

NEI (euro)a

762 (667–867)

1361 (1200–1667)

2250 (2000–2667)

BMI (kg/m2)b

28.3 (27.7–28.8)

27.7 (27.2–28.1)

27.1 (26.5–27.8)

High education

N

277

850

265

NEI (euro)

980 (774–1130)

1944 (1600–2267)

3333 (3000–4000)

BMI (kg/m2)

25.9 (25.2–26.5)

25.8 (25.2–26.4)

25.5 (24.7–26.3)

≥ 65 years

Medium/low education

N

210

632

229

NEI (euro)

852 (750–920)

1250 (1133–1333)

1667 (1533–1800)

BMI (kg/m2)

28.7 (28.1–29.4)

28.7 (28.3–29.0)

28.1 (27.5–28.7)

High education

N

90

268

94

NEI (euro)

1000 (867–1100)

1533 (1333–1667)

2200 (2000–2667)

BMI (kg/m2)

28.1 (27.0–29.1)

27.7 (27.1–28.3)

26.6 (25.6–27.7)

Men

< 65 years

Medium/low education

N

334

1055

371

NEI (euro)

733 (607–840)

1500 (1250–1750)

2533 (2333–3000)

BMI (kg/m2)

27.4 (26.9–27.9)

28.0 (27.6–28.4)

28.2 (27.6–28.9)

High education

N

226

684

288

NEI (euro)

1000 (800–1200)

2000 (1667–2400)

3517 (3200–4500)

BMI (kg/m2)

26.5 (26.0–27.1)

27.6 (27.0–28.1)

27.5 (26.8–28.2)

≥ 65 years

Medium/low education

N

134

498

141

NEI (euro)

867 (750–930)

1200 (1067–1333)

1667 (1533–2000)

BMI (kg/m2)

28.3 (27.6–29.0)

28.3 (27.9–28.6)

28.7 (28.1–29.4)

High education

N

169

492

184

NEI (euro)

1067 (973–1200)

1533 (1400–1667)

2467 (2000–3000)

BMI (kg/m2)

28.4 (27.8–29.0)

27.6 (27.3–28.0)

28.0 (27.4–28.6)

  1. Abbreviation: BMI body mass index, CI confidence intervals, NEI net equivalised income
  2. aFigures represent medians (interquartile ranges)
  3. bFigures represent estimated marginal means (95% CI), adjusted for age (metric variable), education (metric variable), occupation (metric variable), and employment status (employed, unemployed, inactive – only for participants < 65 years). See Table S1 for the definition of confounding variables