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Table 3 Threshold effect analysis between CMI and BMF

From: The relationship of cardiometabolic index with bowel movement frequency: an NHANES-based cross-sectional analysis

 

Fully adjusted model

β (95% CI)

Log likelihood ratio

Fitting by the two-piecewise linear model

  

Inflection point I

4.97

0.012

CMI < 4.97

0.30 (0.17, 0.43)

 

Inflection point II

11.75

0.002

CMI between 4.97 and 11.75

−0.78 (−1.33,−0.23)

 

CMI > 11.75

0.36 (0.03, 0.69)

 
  1. Note: Fully adjusted model: Adjustments were made for age, sex, race, education level, poverty income ratio, smoking, drinking, moderate activity, body mass index, diabetes, gastrointestinal diseases, hypertension, depression, sleep disorders, and dietary factors such as energy, total fat, moisture, dietary fiber, protein, carbohydrate, and caffeine; CI: Confidence intervals; CMI: Cardiometabolic index; BMF: Bowel movement frequency