Level of physical activity and anthropometric characteristics in old age—results from a national health survey

Table 3 Two-step regressions explaining the variance of the anthropometric parameters among Israeli men, 2005–2006

Variable	Model and predictors	Standardized predictors’ coefficients	r ²	r ² change	Significant F change
Weight	1: Age	−0.26	0.096	0.022	0.00
	Calcium intake	0.01
	Smoking	−0.12
	Illness	0.00
	Medications	0.19
	2: Age	−0.27	0.118		0.00
	Calcium intake	0.02
	Smoking	−0.14
	Illness	−0.01
	Medications	0.18
	Insufficiently active	0.09
	Inactive	0.17
Waist circumference	1: Age	−0.11	0.052		0.00
	Calcium intake	−0.03–0.12
	Smoking	0.05
	Illness	0.15
	Medications	−0.13
	2: Age	−0.01	0.097	0.045	0.00
	Calcium intake	−0.15
	Smoking	0.03
	Illness	0.13
	Medications	0.11
	Insufficiently active	0.24
	Inactive
Height	1: Age	−0.29	0.085		0.00
	Calcium intake	0.08
	Smoking	−0.04
	Illness	−0.02
	Medications	0.05
	2: Age	−0.29	0.087	0.002	0.54
	Calcium intake	0.08
	Smoking	−0.04
	Illness	−0.02
	Medications	0.04
	Insufficiently active	0.04
	Inactive	0.04
BMI	1: Age	−0.14	0.064		0.00
	Calcium intake	−0.04
	Smoking	−0.10
	Illness	0.04
	Medications	0.18
	2: Age	−0.16	0.087	0.023	0.00
	Calcium intake	−0.03
	Smoking	−0.12
	Illness	0.02
	Medications	0.17
	Insufficiently active	0.09
	Inactive	0.17

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