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. 2014 Dec;134(6):1067–1074. doi: 10.1542/peds.2014-1150

TABLE 2.

Descriptives and Univariate Relationships Between Covariates/Outcomes and Cohort

Variable Add Health ES (Total N = 1461) Add Health EI (Total N = 456) Midwest FC (Total N = 596)
N Proportion/Mean SD N Proportion/Mean SD N Proportion/Mean SD
Covariates
Female, % 1461 55 456 68*** 596 56
Race, % 1459 456 593
 White 67 59** 32***
 Black 18 27*** 57***
 Other race 10 9 2***
 Mixed 5 6 9***
Hispanic, % 1451 10 453 14* 593 8
Average age
 Age at T1 (mean and SD) 1461 19.8 0.5 456 19.9** 0.5 596 17.8*** 0.4
 Age at T2 (mean and SD) 1461 26.3 0.4 456 26.3 0.4 596 26.1*** 0.3
High school diploma by T2, % 1461 95 456 87*** 593 82***
Any economic insecurity at T2, % 1461 16 456 35*** 596 42***
Ever pregnant by T2, %a 810 29 309 51*** 327 79***
Outcomes
General health
 Fair or poor general health at T1 (%) 1461 4 456 8*** 595 14***
 Fair/poor general health at T2, % 1461 7 456 12*** 596 18***
Average BMI
 BMI at T1 (mean and SD) 1433 24.6 5.1 445 25.3* 5.7 588 25.5** 5.6
 BMI at T2 (mean and SD) 1438 27.3 6.3 445 28.4** 6.6 595 29.0*** 7.0
Dyslipidemia at T2, % 1461 0.5 456 1.1 596 0.7
Hypertension at T2, % 1461 1.0 456 2.0 596 4.2***
Diabetes at T2, % 1461 0.2 456 0.9 595 0.8
Smoker at T2, % 1461 18 456 30*** 595 40***
Seizures at T2, % 1461 0.0 456 1.1b 596 1.5b
ADHD at T2, % 1461 0.3 456 0.2 596 6.2***
Asthma at T2, % 1461 1.2 456 3.1** 596 5.5***
Any cardiovascular risk factor at T2, % 1438 21 445 35*** 594 47***
Any other chronic health condition at T2, % 1438 1.2 445 3.5** 594 8.7***
Nonprivate insurance at T2, % 1458 456 591
 No insurance 19 30*** 41***
 Medicaid 5 20*** 41***
Didn’t get needed care in past year at T2, % 1461 24 456 32*** 596 13***
Last examination >1 y ago at T2, % 1454 61 454 63 595 65

T1, time 1; T2, time 2.

a

Analysis includes females only.

b

No significance levels because there were 0 with outcome in Add Health ES (reference) group.

P < .10. * P < .05. ** P < .01. *** P < .001.