. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Feb 6.

Published in final edited form as: J Nutr Educ Behav. 2007 Jul-Aug;39(4):214–218. doi: 10.1016/j.jneb.2006.10.001

Table 2.

Estimated Linear Regression Coefficients (β), Associated 95% Confidence Intervals, and Adjusted R² (Cumulative) for Demographic and Social Support Predictors of Log-transformed Total Fat and Total Fiber Intakes (N = 1942)

	Fat Intake			Fiber Intake
Block Variable	β	95% Confidence Interval	Adjusted R²	β	95% Confidence Interval	Adjusted R²
Demographics ^*			0.086			0.005
Age	.006	−0.056, 0.067		.003	−0.047, 0.053
Gender	.152	0.086, 0.219		.009	−0.045, 0.063
State	−.055	−0.151, 0.042		.119	0.040, 0.198
Race	.408	0.335, 0.480		.069	0.010, 0.129
Social Support ^†			0.098			0.044
Family Support	.007	−0.008, 0.021		.023	0.010, 0.035
Friend Support	.040	0.011, 0.068		.023	0.000, 0.047
Interaction term			0.098			0.044
Family X Friend	−.001	−0.003, 0.001		−.001	−0.002, 0.001

For demographic variables, age (range 8.17-14.25 years) was entered as a continuous variable. Gender (0 = female, 1 = male), State (0 = Virginia, 1 = New York), and race (0 = nonblack, 1 = black) are dichotomous.

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Social support scales were entered as continuous variables (range 5-25).