Table 1

Risk-factor distributions and relative risk (RR) functions

DistributionNormal
CategoryProportionAverage BMIRR(x)
Log-linearPer unit
Normal0.50022.5841.0001.000
Overweight0.45227.0051.4041.524
Obese0.04831.3021.9522.295
DistributionLog-normal
CategoryProportionAverage BMIRR(x)
Log-linearPer unit
Normal0.52422.7041.0001.000
Overweight0.42026.9711.3691.502
Obese0.05731.6481.9312.346