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Table 4 Adjusted odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for association of body weight status with television exposure, at baseline and at follow-up six-years later.

From: Television, physical activity, diet, and body weight status: the ARIC cohort

 

Medium TV exposure

High TV exposure

 

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

Adjusted for covariates*

Overweight or obese at baseline

1.22

1.12, 1.34

1.43

1.29, 1.58

Overweight or obese at follow-up

1.14

1.04, 1.25

1.16

1.05, 1.27

Adjusted for sport index § , total kcals § , and covariates*

Overweight or obese at baseline

1.21

1.10, 1.33

1.40

1.27, 1.56

Overweight or obese at follow-up

1.13

1.04, 1.24

1.13

1.03, 1.25

Adjusted for baseline sport index § , total kcals § , BMI, and covariates*

Overweight or obese at follow-up

1.03

0.92, 1.15

0.93

0.83, 1.04

  1. * Covariates included baseline age, gender, education, health status, smoking, and race-center coded as indicator variables
  2. § Baseline value of variable
  3. Referent: low television exposure