BMC Obesity

Table 3 Selected associations between smoking status and BMI distributions

From: The association of smoking and demographic characteristics on body mass index and obesity among adults in the U.S., 1999–2012

	Men			Women
	BMI^a	Coefficients		BMI^a	Coefficients
	Never smokers	Current smokers	Former smokers	Never smokers	Current smokers	Former smokers
10th percentile	22.82	−1.75^**	0.21	21.5	−1.13^**	0.38^*
		(0.16)	(0.17)		(0.18)	(0.19)
25th percentile	25.17	−1.70^**	0.18	24.18	−1.02^**	0.50^**
		(0.13)	(0.13)		(0.17)	(0.18)
50th percentile	28.12	−1.60^**	0.11	28.46	−1.18^**	0.58^*
		(0.13)	(0.14)		(0.21)	(0.22)
75th percentile	31.9	−1.74^**	0.09	33.6	−1.65^**	0.75^*
		(0.20)	(0.21)		(0.46)	(0.30)
90th percentile	36.77	−2.37^**	−0.21	39.6	−1.44^**	0.90
		(0.32)	(0.34)		(0.28)	(0.49)

^aBMI for each quantile.
Standard errors in parentheses; * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01.
All models include age age², race/ethnicity, foreign born, education attainment, marital status, number of children (female only), survey cycle, and sample weights.

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