Association between Anxiety Levels and Weight Change in the Multiethnic Study of Atherosclerosis
Table 3
Results of the mixed effects model examining the relationship between anxiety quartiles and baseline weight (kg).
Variable
Estimate
SE
Model 1
Average weight
79.62
0.40
0.000
Average weight change/year
−0.15
0.03
0.000
Baseline weight Q2 versus Q1
−0.95
0.58
0.098
Baseline weight Q3 versus Q1
−0.91
0.65
0.165
Baseline weight Q4 versus Q1
−1.55
0.64
0.016
Model 2
Average weight
73.54
0.60
0.000
Average weight change/year
−0.15
0.03
0.000
Baseline weight Q2 versus Q1
−1.38
0.54
0.011
Baseline weight Q3 versus Q1
−1.70
0.61
0.005
Baseline weight Q4 versus Q1
−2.71
0.60
0.000
Model 3
Average weight
81.83
1.13
0.000
Average weight change/year
−0.14
0.04
0.000
Baseline weight Q2 versus Q1
−1.22
0.53
0.022
Baseline weight Q3 versus Q1
−1.61
0.61
0.008
Baseline weight Q4 versus Q1
−2.48
0.60
0.000
Model 1 is unadjusted; Model 2 adjusts for age, sex, race/ethnicity; Model 3 adds the covariates of education level, income level, marital status, and MESA site to Model 2.
