Table 1.

Characteristics of Study Participants and Correlations with Positive Child Psychosocial Factors

Characteristic	M(SD) or % n=415	Attention Regulation	Cognitive Ability	Positive Home Environment
		r
Demographics
Age (years)	42.2 (1.8)	0.02	−0.02	0.11*
Race (not white)	19.5	−0.10+	−0.25***	−0.002
Gender (male)	41.0	−0.03	0.13**	−0.04
Childhood covariates
Socioeconomic status index	54.0 (23.0)	0.14**	0.46***	0.59***
Born small for gestational age	10.2	−0.01	−0.10*	−0.11*
Body mass index (kg/m2)	16.1 (1.6)	−0.01	0.09+	−0.02
Chronic condition	18.3	0.03	−0.12*	−0.02
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	104.4 (10.9)	−0.04	0.01	0.10*
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	60.4 (10.4)	0.02	0.13*	0.14**
Adulthood covariates
Education attainment (years)	13.6 (2.6)	0.09+	0.36***	0.33***
Depressive symptoms	1.59 (0.56)	−0.11*	−0.16**	−0.16**
Vigorous physical activity	73.2	0.06	0.13*	0.06
Western diet score (z)	0.03 (1.1)	−0.01	0.04	0.0004
Prudent diet score (z)	−0.01 (0.69)	0.07	0.14**	0.17**

⁺p<0.10,

^*p<0.05,

^**p<0.01,

^***p<0.001