TABLE 2—
Race Differences (Black vs White) in Baseline Weight and Weight Gain After Adjusting for SEP Measures.
| Men (n = 1186) | Women (n = 1375) | |||
| Adjustment | Baseline, kg | Weight Gain, kg/y | Baseline, kg | Weight Gain, kg/y |
| No SEP adjustment | +2.41** | +0.02 | +4.96*** | +0.10* |
| Childhood SEP | +2.07** | +0.02 | +4.65*** | +0.07 |
| Education | +2.32** | +0.01 | +4.79*** | +0.09 |
| Occupation | +2.14* | −0.00 | +4.89*** | +0.08 |
| Income | +2.47** | +0.02 | +4.44*** | +0.09 |
| All SEP variables | +1.97* | −0.01 | +4.34*** | +0.05 |
| Cumulative SEP | +1.93* | −0.01 | +3.58*** | +0.06 |
Note. SEP = socioeconomic position. Results were derived from mixed models (age and baseline height adjusted) of participants aged 40 years and younger in 1965 in the Alameda County Study.
* P < .05, **P < .01; ***P < .001.