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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Feb 16.
Published in final edited form as: J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2023 Jan 6;10(6):3159–3167. doi: 10.1007/s40615-022-01490-5

Table 2.

Results of crosssectional linear regression models predicting telomere length (T/S ratio) from discrimination and neighborhood factors

Model 1 Model 2

Discrimination 0.001 (−0.017, 0.018) 0.002 (−0.015, 0.020)
Social cohesion 0.005 (−0.015, 0.026) 0.004 (−0.016, 0.025)
Neighborhood safety 0.014 (−0.005, 0.034) 0.014 (−0.006, 0.034)
Walkability index 0.031 (0.011, 0.052)** 0.032 (0.012, 0.052)**
Total crimes within 1/10th mile of the residence −0.013 (−0.032, 0.005) −0.011 (−0.028, 0.007)
PM2.5 −0.006 (−0.023, 0.010) −0.006 (−0.022, 0.011)
Black carbon −0.001 (−0.018, 0.016) 0.001 (−0.016, 0.017)

Each of the discrimination and neighborhood factor variables is entered into separate models. Discrimination and neighborhood factor variables were converted to z-scores to have mean = 0 and standard deviation = 1 before including as predictors in regression models. Model 1 adjusts for the following covariates: neighborhood, age, gender, years in the neighborhood, income, education, marital status, and child in the home. Model 2 additionally adjusts for the following health behavior and conditions covariates: body mass index, current smoking status, hypertension, and high blood sugar. Sample sizes range by the outcome from 194 to 199. B (95% CI)

*

p < 0.05

**

p < 0.01

***

p < 0.001