Table 2.

Odds Ratios^* (95% Confidence Intervals) for the Associations of Positive Child Psychosocial Factors with Favorable Cardiovascular Risk in Adulthood

Child factor	Unadjusted	+ Demographic†	+ Childhood‡	+ Pathways§
Attention regulation	2.3 (1.2, 4.6)	2.4 (1.2, 4.9)	2.4 (1.1, 4.7)	2.0 (1.0, 3.9)
Cognitive ability	1.6 (1.1, 2.3)	1.7 (1.1, 2.7)	1.8 (1.1, 2.9)	1.5 (0.90, 2.6)
Positive home environment	1.3 (1.1, 1.6)	1.3 (1.1, 1.6)	1.3 (1.1, 1.6)	1.2 (0.90, 1.5)
Additive effect of positive factors
High in all factors (n = 19)	2.6 (1.5, 4.5)	4.3 (1.1, 17.4)	4.3 (1.0, 18.2)	1.9 (0.42, 9.1)
High in two factors (n = 63)	1.6 (1.1, 2.4)	2.4 (0.93, 6.4)	2.5 (0.94, 6.7)	2.0 (0.68, 6.0)
High in one factor (n = 206)	0.97 (0.69, 1.4)	1.0 (0.49, 2.1)	0.98 (0.46, 2.1)	0.81 (0.38, 1.8)
High in zero factors (n = 127)	--	--	--	--

^*Odds ratios are interpreted as the odds of having favorable cardiovascular risk in adulthood per unit change in childhood psychosocial factors. Significant odds ratios (p<0.05) are in bold.

^†Demographic model adjusts for site, age and race.

^‡Childhood model adjusts for demographic and child factors (born small for gestational age, chronic conditions, blood pressure, body mass index, socioeconomic status). Home environment models do not adjust for socioeconomic status as socioeconomic factors in part comprise the variable.

^§Pathways model adjusts for demographic, child and adult factors (education attainment, depressive symptoms, physical activity, diet)