Table 4 Longitudinal analyses of 13-year change in weight (kg), desired weight (kg) and difference between the two (kg), among men according to BMI category in Tromsø 4
BMI <25 | BMI 25-29.99 | BMI ≥30 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | Actual differencea | Difference in desired weightb | Discrepancy in difference (CI)c | n | Actual differencea | Difference in desired weightb | Discrepancy in difference (CI)c | n | Actual differencea | Difference in desired weightb | Discrepancy in difference (CI)c | |
25–29 | 197 | 7.9 | 4.0 | 3.9 (3.1, 4.5) | 121 | 7.9 | 3.7 | 4.3 (3.0, 5.3) | 27 | 5.8 | 3.1 | 2.6 (-2.3, 7.0) |
30–34 | 125 | 7.5 | 4.4 | 3.1 (2.3, 3.8) | 102 | 7.3 | 4.4 | 2.9 (1.6, 4.3) | 16 | 5.6 | 6.2 | −0.6 (-8.4, 5.4) |
35–39 | 133 | 5.9 | 3.4 | 2.4 (1.4, 3.1) | 146 | 6.3 | 3.5 | 2.7 (1.8, 3.8) | 22 | 8.2 | 6.7 | 1.5 (-1.8, 4.5) |
40–44 | 133 | 5.2 | 3.0 | 2.2 (1.4, 3.0) | 152 | 5.9 | 3.2 | 2.7 (1.8, 3.9) | 36 | 4.5 | 2.4 | 2.1 (-1.2, 5.1) |
45–49 | 182 | 4.4 | 2.1 | 2.3 (1.7, 3.1) | 332 | 3.7 | 1.8 | 2.0 (1.5, 2.8) | 79 | 3.1 | 1.9 | 1.2 (-0.7, 3.1) |
50–54 | 212 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 1.2 (0.3, 2.0) | 333 | 3.2 | 1.4 | 1.8 (1.4, 2.4) | 93 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 1.9 (0.2, 3.6) |
55–59 | 139 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 1.0 (0.3, 1.8) | 215 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 (0.4, 1.8) | 40 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 1.2 (-1.4, 4.0) |
60–64 | 83 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.9 (0.1, 1.8) | 144 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.4 (-0.5, 1.3) | 26 | −1.4 | 0.9 | −2.3 (-4.7, -0.1) |
65–69 | 45 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 (-1.2, 1.9) | 63 | 1.1 | −0.5 | 1.6 (0.0, 3.5) | 14 | 0.7 | 1.2 | −0.5 (-4.2, 3.4) |
Total | 1249 | 4.6 | 2.5 | 2.1 (1.9, 2.4) | 1608 | 4.0 | 1.9 | 2.0 (1.7, 2.3) | 353 | 3.4 | 2.2 | 1.2 (0.4, 2.1) |