Body Mass Index Trajectories among Middle-Aged and Elderly Canadians and Associated Health Outcomes

Table 1

Parameters estimated for BMI trajectories for adults aged 40–70 years (NPHS, 1994–2011).

The trajectory; of BMI	Intercept-BMI; at age 40 (s.e)	Linear term (s.e)	Quadratic; term (s.e)	GMP	AvePP
N-S	21.51 (1.83)	0.31 (0.07)	−0.002 (0.0006)	23.7%	0.97
OV-S	24.76 (1.32)	0.42 (0.05)	−0.003 (0.0004)	45.4%	0.96
OB I-S	27.85 (1.83)	0.52 (0.07)	−0.004 (0.0006)	24.9%	0.96
OB II-S	34.73 (3.73)	1.09 (0.14)	−0.008 (0.001)	6.0%	0.98