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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Epidemiol. 2014 Jul 11;24(10):727–733. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2014.07.002

Table 3.

Results from adjusted analyses examining SES factors and timing of menarche stratified by race.

Black Hispanic White

Variable Hazard Ratio(CI) p Hazard Ratio(CI) p Hazard Ratio(CI) p
Grandmother's education (Ref=College+)
 Less than High school 0.79(0.62-1.01) 0.06 1.05(0.62-1.78) 0.85 1.14(0.91-1.44) 0.24
 High School 0.80(0.65-0.98) 0.03 1.03(0.60-1.78) 0.92 1.09(0.95-1.24) 0.21
Mother's education at child's birth (Ref=College+)
 Less than High school 1.20(0.72-2.00) 0.48 1.31(0.78-2.20) 0.31 1.29(0.59-2.80) 0.52
 High School 0.92(0.75-1.13) 0.44 1.10(0.76-1.60) 0.61 1.17(0.95-1.44) 0.14
Mother's education when child was 7y(Ref=College+)
 Less than High school 0.84(0.42-1.68) 0.62 0.77(0.43-1.37) 0.37 0.91(0.45-1.87) 0.80
 High School 1.10(0.90-1.35) 0.34 0.75(0.53-1.07) 0.11 0.89(0.73-1.09) 0.25
Mother's marital status at birth and 7y (Ref=Married, Married)
 Not married, Not married 1.01(0.85-1.19) 0.94 1.50(1.13-1.99) 0.01 1.42(1.17-1.72) 0.00
 Not married, Married 0.93(0.76-1.15) 0.51 1.10(0.83-1.46) 0.51 1.18(0.95-1.46) 0.13
 Married, Not married 1.23(0.98-1.55) 0.08 1.06(0.76-1.49) 0.72 1.04(0.88-1.23) 0.65
Family income quartile at child's birth(Ref = 4)
 1 1.48(1.12-1.95) 0.01 1.23(0.92-1.65) 0.17 1.13(0.92-1.38) 0.24
 2 1.42(1.09-1.84) 0.01 1.40(1.07-1.84) 0.02 0.99(0.83-1.18) 0.94
 3 1.76(1.37-2.26) 0.00 0.94(0.74-1.19) 0.59 1.06(0.93-1.20) 0.40
Family size at birth (Ref= 1-4)
 5+ 1.09(0.94-1.26) 0.24 0.99(0.82-1.20) 0.94 1.15(0.99-1.34) 0.07

Note: Analyses are adjusted for all SES indicators and covariates and included missing categories; results not shown. Asians were not included in tests of interaction and subgroup analyses because of the small sample size (n=34).