Table 3.

Associations between covariates and log-transformed hs-CRP from ages 9 to 21. Model 3: Bivariate models. Model 4: Final models.

	Females				Males
	Model 3		Model 4		Model 3		Model 4
	Estimate	SE	Estimate	SE	Estimate	SE	Estimate	SE
BMI
WP BMI (within-person)	0.013**	0.00	0.010**	0.004	0.016**	0.003	0.010**	0.003
WP BMI X Age	0.003*	0.001	0.003**	0.001
BP BMI (between-persons)	0.022**	0.001	0.020**	0.001	0.022**	0.001	0.020**	0.001
BP BMI X Age	0.001+	0.0003	0.001+	0.0003	−0.001**	0.0002	−0.001**	0.0003
Physical/Sexual Maturation
Menarche before 11 (0,1)	0.084**	0.025			--	--
Oral Contraceptive (0,1)	0.267**	0.033	0.115**	0.042	--	--
Pregnancies (0, 1, 2+)	0.181**	0.034	0.057+	0.032	--	--
Ever sexually active (0,1)	0.201**	0.021			0.054**	0.012
Multiple sex. partners (0, 1)	0.076*	0.034			0.045	0.031
Substance Use
Nicotine Use (0,1)	0.180**	0.024	0.055*	0.021	0.045**	0.014
Alcohol Use (0,1)	0.096**1	0.024	−0.045*	0.022	0.051**	0.015
Illicit Drug Use (0,1)	0.118**	0.035			0.029+	0.017
Controls
Low SES	0.084**	0.010			0.040**	0.013
Sick in past 12 months (0,1)	0.069**	0.018			0.028*	0.012
Medication Use (0,1)	0.101**	0.020	0.041**	0.014	0.025+	0.015
Model Fit for Final Models
REML Deviance			151.3				−17.7
AIC			165.3				−3.7
BIC (smaller is better)			195.9				28.5

Bolded coefficients in Models 3 remain significant at p < .05 when Model 2 is taken into account.

^**p < .01,

^*p < .05,

⁺p < .10;

¹Sign of coefficient reverses when Model 2 is taken into account.

Acronyms: REML = Restricted Maximum Likelihood; AIC= Akaike’s information criterion, BIC = Bayesian information criterion; SE = standard error of estimate; WP = within-person; BP = between-persons