Table 3:

Associations between averaged adolescent drive for thinness during adolescence and adult eating behavior and body mass index using structural equation modeling in the NHLBI Growth and Health Study (N=577)

	Unstandardized B	95% CI	Standardized β	95% CI
Adolescent drive for thinness
Baseline BMI	0.61*	0.53, 0.70	0.50*	0.44, 0.56
Black race	-2.25*	-2.97, −1.53	-0.24*	-0.31, −0.17
Baseline household income - $10,000–19,999	-1.27*	-2.36, −0.18	-0.10*	-0.19, −0.02
Baseline household income - $20,000–39,999	-0.58	-1.60, 0.43	-0.06	-0.16, 0.04
Baseline household income - ≥$40,000	-0.66	-1.73, 0.40	-0.07	-0.18, 0.04
Baseline household education – some college	-0.19	-1.05, 0.67	-0.02	-0.11, 0.07
Baseline household education –college or more	-0.14	-1.13, −.84	-0.01	-0.11, 008
Adulthood drive for thinness
Baseline BMI	0.06	-0.10, 0.22	0.03	-0.05, −0.11
Adolescent drive for thinness	0.67*	0.54, 0.81	0.43*	0.35, 0.51
Reward-based eating drive
Baseline BMI	0.00	-0.01, 0.02	0.02	-0.07, 0.11
Adolescent drive for thinness	0.05*	0.04, 0.07	0.32*	0.23, 0.40
Adulthood BMI
Baseline BMI	1.16*	0.98, 1.34	0.48*	0.41, 0.55
Adolescent drive for thinness	0.05	-0.11, 0.21	0.02	-0.06, 0.10
Adulthood drive for thinness	0.13*	0.03, 0.22	0.10*	0.03, 0.18
Black race	4.13*	2.76, 5.51	0.22*	0.15, 0.30
Baseline household income - $10,000–19,999	-0.88	-2.86, 1.10	-0.04	-0.12, 0.05
Baseline household income - $20,000–39,999	-0.97	-2.82, 0.88	-0.05	-0.14, 0.04
Baseline household income - ≥$40,000	-1.32	-3.26, 0.62	-0.07	-0.17, 0.03
Baseline household education – some college	-1.52	-3.08, 0.04	-0.08	-0.17, 0.02
Baseline household education –college or more	-1.95*	-3.74, −0.16	-0.10*	-0.19, −0.01
Reward-based Eating Drive	0.76	-0.09, 1.34	0.06	-0.01, 0.14

^*P<0.05

LR test of model vs. saturated: chi(2) = 94.50, P<0.0001 for both models