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Published in final edited form as: Demography. 2023 Dec 1;60(6):1815–1841. doi: 10.1215/00703370-11057546

Table 3.

Kitagawa-Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition of racial disparities in biological age acceleration

PhenoAge
KDM Biological Age
Homeostatic Dysregulation
Coeff. (SE) p Value % Coeff. (SE) p Value % Coeff. (SE) p Value %

Overall
 Black-White disparity in outcome 2.622
(0.282)
*** 11.422
(0.884)
*** 0.412
(0.027)
***
 Endowments 1.229
(0.170)
*** 46.89 5.045
(0.516)
*** 44.17 0.058
(0.018)
** 14.20
 Coefficients 2.347
(0.485)
*** 89.49 9.851
(1.554)
*** 86.24 0.417
(0.043)
*** 101.37
 Interaction −0.954
(0.437)
* −36.37 −3.474
(1.344)
* −30.41 −0.064
(0.039)
−15.57
Endowments
 SES 1.436
(0.116)
*** 54.77 4.077
(0.358)
*** 35.69 0.111
(0.012)
*** 26.85
 Stress burden 0.301
(0.067)
*** 11.46 0.856
(0.201)
*** 7.49 0.027
(0.007)
*** 6.61
 Age −0.189
(0.197)
−7.22 0.305
(0.617)
2.67 −0.102
(0.021)
*** −24.72
 Sex −0.185
(0.043)
*** −7.04 −0.549
(0.129)
*** −4.81 −0.012
(0.003)
*** −2.85
 Cohort −0.469
(0.205)
* −17.87 −0.474
(0.634)
−4.15 −0.006
(0.022)
−1.45
 Region of birth (1 = South) 0.335
(0.097)
** 12.79 0.830
(0.305)
** 7.27 0.040
(0.010)
*** 9.76
Coefficients
 SES 0.129
(0.103)
4.91 0.209
(0.313)
1.83 0.011
(0.009)
2.77
 Stress burden 0.051
(0.022)
* 1.96 0.141
(0.068)
* 1.23 0.005
(0.002)
* 1.16
 Age −0.372
(9.103)
−14.18 −4.453
(29.328)
−38.99 −0.437
(0.831)
−106.08
 Sex 0.488
(0.331)
18.62 −0.340
(1.084)
−2.98 0.023
(0.031)
5.67
 Cohort 2.547
(3.561)
97.14 2.509
(11.634)
21.97 0.133
(0.333)
32.19
 Region of birth (1 = South) −0.500
(0.173)
** −19.05 −1.791
(0.545)
** −15.68 −0.034
(0.016)
* −8.23
Interaction
 SES −0.374
(0.299)
−14.27 −0.607
(0.910)
−5.32 −0.033
(0.028)
−8.05
 Stress burden −0.356
(0.133)
** −13.59 −0.984
(0.432)
* −8.62 −0.033
(0.013)
* −8.11
 Age 0.023
(0.551)
0.86 0.270
(1.776)
2.36 0.026
(0.050)
6.42
 Sex 0.058
(0.041)
2.22 −0.041
(0.129)
−0.35 0.003
(0.004)
0.68
 Cohort 0.393
(0.550)
14.99 0.387
(1.796)
3.39 0.020
(0.051)
4.97
 Region of birth (1 = South) −0.697
(0.243)
** −26.58 −2.498
(0.763)
** −21.87 −0.047
(0.023)
* −11.48

Notes: Results of threefold decomposition that decomposes Black-White disparity. n = 6,782.

*

p<.05;

**

p<.01;

***

p<.001