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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Health Place. 2010 Jul 18;16(6):1104–1112. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.07.001

Table 2.

Percent difference (95% CI) in inflammatory markers per standard deviation increase of neighborhood domain (deprivation, problems, safety, and cohesion) at the MESA baseline exam.

Model 1a Model 2b Model 3c Model 4d Model 5e

Percent
difference
95% CI Percent
difference
95% CI Percent
difference
95% CI Percent
difference
95% CI Percent
difference
95% CI
Fibrinogen
    Deprivation score 2.7 2.1, 3.3 2.1 1.5, 2.7 1.3 0.7, 1.9 0.9 0.3, 1.5 0.7 0.1,1.3
    Problems score 2.0 1.4, 2.5 1.7 1.2, 2.3 1.1 0.5, 1.7 0.9 0.3, 1.5 0.7 0.2,1.3
    Safety score −2.2 −2.8, −1.6 −1.8 −2.4, −1.3 −1.1 −1.7, −0.6 −0.9 −1.5, −0.4 −0.7 −1.3,−0.1
    Cohesion score −0.9 −1.4, −0.3 −0.6 −1.2, 0.0 −0.6 −1.1, 0.0 −0.5 −1.0, 0.1 −0.4 −1.0,0.0

IL-6
    Deprivation score 6.8 4.8, 8.8 4.6 2.5, 6.7 2.2 0.3, 4.2 0.5 −1.5, 2.5 0.3 −1.5,2.2
    Problems score 5.5 3.5, 7.5 4.8 2.8, 6.8 1.3 −0.6, 3.2 0.6 −1.3, 2.5 −0.4 −2.2,1.4
    Safety score −6.6 −8.5, −4.8 −5.4 7.2, −3.4 −3.2 −5.0, −1.3 −2.2 −4.0, −0.3 −1.5 −3.3,0.3
    Cohesion score −2.1 −4.0, −0.2 −1.3 −3.2, 0.6 −1.7 −3.5, 0.1 −1.4 −3.2, 0.4 −1.5 −3.2,0.2

CRP
    Deprivation score 9.0 5.3, 12.8 5.5 1.7, 9.4 −0.8 −4.0, 2.5 −3.6 −6.9, −0.3 −3.0 −6.2,0.2
    Problems score 9.8 6.1, 13.6 8.6 4.9, 12.4 0.4 −2.7, 3.7 −0.6 −3.8, 2.6 −2.0 −5.0,1.1
    Safety score −8.2 −11.5, −4.8 −6.4 −9.8, −2.9 −0.5 −3.7, 2.8 1.1 −2.2, 4.5 1.9 −1.2,4.9
    Cohesion score −0.8 −4.1, 2.7 0.3 −3.1, 3.8 0.0 −3.1, 3.2 0.4 −2.7, 3.6 −0.2 −3.1,2.8

Using mixed linear regression models with random intercept at the census tract level

a

Model 1: Adjusted for age and sex

b

Model 2: Adjusted for age, sex, family income and education

c

Model 3: Adjusted for age, sex and race/ethnicity

d

Model 4: Adjusted for age, sex, family income, education and race/ethnicity

e

Model 5: Adjusted for age, sex, family income, education, race/ethnicity, BMI, waist circumference, physical activity, dietary pattern score, smoking, alcohol intake, recent acute infection, medication use, impaired glucose tolerance, and diabetes