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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Aug 12.
Published in final edited form as: Biodemography Soc Biol. 2010;56(2):123–136. doi: 10.1080/19485565.2010.524589

Table 3.

OLS parameter estimates: genetic and social influences on BMI

Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4 Model 5 Model 6
(Intercept) 23.10*** 21.66*** 15.05*** 14.67*** 14.05*** 16.47***
(.40) (1.10) (2.83) (2.75) (2.81) (2.96)
PC1 0.92* −1.07
(.40) (.99)
Mahalanobis Distance 0.03 −0.05
(.02) (.03)
Mexican-American 2.72** 2.15* 4.56+ 3.87**
(.95) (.95) (2.44) (1.43)
Age 0.44* 0.45** 0.46** 0.47**
(.17) (.17) (.17) (.17)
Female 0.52 0.42 0.31 0.07
(.88) (.85) (.86) (.87)
Low Income 2.91** 2.90** 3.10**
(1.05) (1.05) (1.05)
R-squared 0.04 0.01 0.11 0.17 0.17 0.18

Note: Cell entries represent unstandardized OLS regression estimates with standard errors in parentheses. The dependent variable in all models is BMI obtained from self-reported height and weight.

*

p < .05;

**

p < .01;

***

p < .001;

+

p < .10.