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Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2013 May 13;21(7):1321–1327. doi: 10.1002/oby.20176

Table 3.

Logistic Regression for Latent Class Membership: Monitoring the Future Study (age 19–30) 1986–2009

	Latent Class 2^† (Persistently Overweight)

	Coefficient	OR (95% CI)
Female^a	.36^**	1.43 (1.13, 1.82)
Non-Hispanic Black^b	.61^***	1.83 (1.36, 2.48)
Hispanic^b	.26	1.29 (0.90, 1.86)
Other^b	.06	1.06 (.76, 1.46)
Low Childhood SES^c	.51^***	1.67 (1.40, 2.00)
High School Cohort 1986–1995^d	.82^***	2.27 (1.84, 2.80)
High School Cohort 1996–2005^d	1.12^***	3.07 (2.42, 3.90)
College Expectations	−.41^***	0.66 (0.54, 0.81)
Average Grade in High School	−.30^***	.74 (.66, .83)

^†

Latent Class 1 (normative weight gain) is the reference class

Reference group is Male

Reference group is White

Refers to those whose parents have a high school education or less; reference group is parents with a college degree or higher

Reference group is high school cohort 1976–1985

SES=socioeconomic status

OR = adjusted odds ratio

CI = confidence interval

p<.05

^**

p<.01

^***

p<.001 (two-tailed tests)