The association between health care cost, BMI, WC and BMI×WC. Note that constant term and potential confounders are included in the analysis, but the estimates are not reported

<p>^*, ^** and ^*** indicate statistical significance at the 5%, 1% and 0.1% level.</p>†<p>Model 5 run the model specification applied in model 3 on the subgroup of individuals with BMI<30 kg/m² and WC <88 cm for women and 102 cm for men