Table 3.

Associations between childhood bullying involvement and adult CRP levels (ages 19 and 21)

	Simple			Adjusted for CRP-related covariates			Adjusted for bullying-related covariates
Bully status	β (SE)	P	Sig. covariates	β (SE)	P	Sig. covariates	β (SE)	P	Sig. covariates
Childhood status
Pure bully	−0.13 (0.04)	0.002	Prior CRP	−0.09 (0.04)	0.01	Prior CRP, sex, race, BMI, med. use	−0.10 (0.04)	0.01	Prior CRP, sex, race, SES
Pure victim	0.07 (0.04)	0.10	Prior CRP	0.09 (0.04)	0.02	Prior CRP, sex, race, BMI, med. use	0.07 (0.03)	0.02	Prior CRP, sex, race, SES
Bully–victim	−0.03 (0.06)	0.68	Prior CRP	−0.08 (0.05)	0.09	Prior CRP, sex, race, BMI, med. use	−0.03 (0.06)	0.56	Prior CRP, sex, race, SES
Cumulative
Pure bully	−0.06 (0.04)	0.08	Prior CRP	−0.06 (0.03)	0.04	Prior CRP, sex, race, BMI, med. use	−0.05 (0.03)	0.14	Prior CRP, sex, race, poverty, dysfunction
Pure victim	0.04 (0.03)	0.08	Prior CRP	0.05 (0.03)	0.06	Prior CRP, sex, race, BMI, med. use	0.05 (0.02)	0.01	Prior CRP, sex, race, poverty, dysfunction
Bully–victim	−0.04 (0.09)	0.62	Prior CRP	−0.04 (0.07)	0.58	Prior CRP, sex, race, BMI, med. use	0.05 (0.07)	0.44	Prior CRP, sex, race, poverty, dysfunction

All models were tested using weighted linear regression. Simple models include current status on the bullying variables and status of CRP at the prior observation. CRP-related covariates include the following: sex, age, time since last interview, BMI, recent nicotine use, recent alcohol use, recent drug use, recent medication use, health ailments, and low SES. Bullying-related covariates controlled for childhood/adolescent covariates of bullying status. These included sex, low SES, family instability, family dysfunction, maltreatment, depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, disruptive behavior disorders, or substance disorders. Boldface values are significant at the P < 0.05 level.