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

Table 4 Two-step regressions explaining the variance of the anthropometric parameters among Israeli women, 2005–2006

Variable	Model and predictors	Standardized predictors’ coefficients	r ²	r ² change	Significant F change
Weight	1: Age	−0.24	0.076		0.00
	Calcium intake	−0.08
	Smoking	−0.03
	Illness	0.04
	Medications	0.10
	2: Age	−0.25	0.099	0.023	0.00
	Calcium intake	−0.05
	Smoking	−0.04
	Illness	0.03
	Medications	0.09
	Insufficiently active	0.03
	Inactive	0.17
Waist circumference	1: Age	−0.11	0.050		0.00
	Calcium intake	−0.12
	Smoking	−0.02
	Illness	0.09
	Medications	0.09
	2: Age	−0.11	0.093	0.043	0.00
	Calcium intake	−0.09
	Smoking	−0.03
	Illness	0.08
	Medications	0.08
	Insufficiently active	0.09
	Inactive	0.25
Height	1: Age	−0.20	0.051		0.00
	Calcium intake	0.11
	Smoking	0.02
	Illness	−0.08
	Medications	0.10
	2: Age	−0.19	0.061	0.010	0.02
	Calcium intake	0.10
	Smoking	0.02
	Illness	−0.08
	Medications	0.10
	Insufficiently active	−0.11
	Inactive	−0.11
BMI	1: Age	−0.17	0.062		0.00
	Calcium intake	−0.14
	Smoking	−0.03
	Illness	0.06
	Medications	0.07
	2: Age	−0.18	0.097	0.035	0.00
	Calcium intake	−0.11
	Smoking	−0.03
	Illness	0.06
	Medications	0.06
	Insufficiently active	0.08
	Inactive	0.22

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