Table 3.

Direct and indirect effects, through age at menarche, of early adversity on accelerated aging (N = 385)

Predictor	Outcome	b	S.E.	β	95% CI	P
Childhood income	Early adversity	−0.06	0.09	−0.10	[−0.22 to 0.12]	0.48
Childhood income	Age at menarche	−0.16	0.14	−0.13	[−0.45 to 0.11]	0.25
Childhood income	Accelerated aging	−1.22	0.62	−0.44	[−2.47 to −0.05]	0.049
Current income	Accelerated aging	−1.35	0.46	−0.49	[−2.04 to −0.50]	0.003
Age	Accelerated aging	−0.19	0.20	−0.08	[−0.59 to 0.18]	0.34
Race	Early adversity	−0.14	0.08	−0.24	[−0.30 to 0.02]	0.10
Race	Age at menarche	−0.62	0.14	−0.49	[−0.90 to −0.34]	<0.001
Race	Accelerated aging	1.50	0.52	0.54	[0.51–2.61]	0.004
Early adversity	Age at menarche	−0.46	0.14	−0.21	[−0.75 to −0.20]	0.001
Early adversity	Accelerated aging	−0.31	0.53	−0.06	[−1.33 to 0.91]	0.55
Age at menarche	Accelerated aging	−0.40	0.17	−0.18	[−0.73 to −0.04]	0.02
Indirect effect of adversity on aging through menarche		0.19	0.09	0.04	[0.03–0.44]	0.04
Indirect effect of race on aging through menarche		0.25	0.12	0.05	[0.04–0.52]	0.04

Note: Confidence intervals (CI) were generated via the non-parametric bias-corrected bootstrap based on 5000 replicate samples. Childhood income was categorized as less than $20 000/year or $20 000/year or more. Current income was categorized as less than $60 000/year or $60 000/year or more.