. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jul 21.

Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2008 Jan;16(1):52–58. doi: 10.1038/oby.2007.12

Table 3.

Relationship between eating behavior subscales and BMI (kg/m²) at age 55–65 years, both unadjusted and adjusted for potential confounding variables

	Regression coefficient	95% Confidence interval	Partial r	P value
Unadjusted model (adjusted R² = 0.332)
Intercept	23.147	21.92 to 24.37		<0.001
Habitual disinhibition	2.794	2.05 to 3.54	0.305	<0.001
Emotional disinhibition	0.849	0.53 to 1.17	0.220	<0.001
Situational disinhibition	0.569	0.20 to 0.94	0.131	0.003
Flexible restraint	−0.147	−0.41 to 0.12	−0.048	0.272
External hunger	−0.323	−0.62 to −0.03	−0.092	0.034
Habitual disinhibition × flexible restraint	−0.237	−0.37 to −0.10	−0.151	0.001
Habitual × situational disinhibition	−0.276	−0.43 to −0.12	−0.148	0.001
Adjusted model (adjusted R² = 0.354)
Intercept	29.339	22.07 to 36.61		<0.001
Habitual disinhibition	2.778	2.04 to 3.52	0.308	<0.001
Emotional disinhibition	0.827	0.51 to 1.15	0.218	<0.001
Situational disinhibition	0.604	0.24 to 0.97	0.141	0.001
Flexible restraint	−0.078	−0.34 to 0.18	−0.026	0.554
External hunger	−0.336	−0.63 to −0.04	−0.098	0.025
Age	−0.111	−0.23 to 0.01	−0.080	0.068
Hormone replacement therapy^a	−0.706	−1.40 to −0.02	−0.087	0.045
Parity	0.318	0.14 to 0.50	0.148	0.001
Education level^b	−0.628	−1.34 to 0.08	−0.076	0.082
Habitual disinhibition × flexible restraint	−0.245	−0.38 to −0.11	−0.158	<0.001
Habitual × situational disinhibition	−0.272	−0.43 to −0.12	−0.149	0.001

Hormone replacement therapy was coded as no (0) and yes (1).

Education level was coded as low (0): postsecondary education = none, vocational school, or 2 years of college; and high (1): postsecondary education = 4 years of college, graduate school, or professional school.