Fig 1.
Flow chart of sample selection and missing data.
Table 1.
Description of other covariates.
Table 2.
Distribution of the analytic sample: Baseline, final and pooled across all waves (persons = 9,822; observations = 20,538).
Fig 2.
Prevalence of chronic conditions among middle-aged and older adults.
Fig 3.
Prevalence of chronic conditions among middle-aged and older adults by weight status.
Fig 4.
Gender differences in the prevalence of the chronic conditions among obese middle-aged and older adults.
Table 3.
Adjusted random-effect regression results for the between-person differences in chronic conditions due to obesity; 9,822 persons, 20,538 observations.
Table 4.
Adjusted random-effect regression results for the between-person differences in chronic conditions due to obesity stratified by gender.