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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Adolesc Health. 2008 May 12;43(4):387–393. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2008.02.009

Table 4.

Self-reported Risk/Protective factors in 7th Grade Predicting BMI in 8th Grade* n=3010+

Risk/Protective Factor 8th Grade BMI Estimate SE p-value
Risk Factor
Month smoking 0.001 0.005 0.81
Marijuana use 0.007 0.004 0.12
Alcohol use 0.001 0.005 0.84
Binge drinking 0.0001 0.005 0.99
ATOD 0.011 0.005 0.02
Fighting 0.009 0.005 0.05
Depression 0.021 0.005 <0.0001
Protective Factor
Spirituality 0.004 0.004 0.36
Optimism −0.016 0.005 0.001
*

Adjusted for socioeconomic status, number of parents in home, gender, race/ethnicity, baseline values of outcome (i.e., BMI in 7th grade), and treatment.

+

Sample size varies in individual models due to missing data.