Table 2.

Effect of Lifecourse SEP Variables on BMI at Wave 1 and Change in BMI in Younger Cohort -The Americans' Changing Lives Cohort 1986–2002 (N=573)

	Individual SEP models		Final Predictive model
BMI at Wave 1	Estimate	(95% CI)	Estimate	95% CI
Race
Blacks	2.62	(1.71, 3.53)	2.06	(1.12, 3.00)
Whites
Perceived Childhood Family Status
Better off/average	−0.42	(−1.72, 0.88)
Worse
Father's education
>=12yrs	−1.35	(−2.38, −0.31)
<12yrs
Education
>=12yrs	−2.21	(−3.38, −1.04)	−1.34	(−2.53, −0.15)
<12yrs
Wave 1 income	−1.33	(−1.82, −0.83)	−0.78	(−1.32, −0.25)
Wave 1 Wealth	−0.37	(−0.75, 0.02)
Wave 1 Financial Security	−0.54	(−0.95, −0.14)
Change in BMI/ year
Race
Blacks	0.73	(0.17, 1.29)	0.73	(0.17, 1.29)
Whites
Perceived Childhood Family Status
Better off/average	0.33	(−0.22, 0.89)
Worse
Father's education
>=12yrs	−0.11	(−0.60, 0.37)
<12yrs
Education
>=12yrs	−0.27	(−0.96, 0.43)
<12yrs
Wave 1 Income	−0.21	(−0.52, 0.09)
Change in Income	−0.05	(−0.28, 0.19)
Wave 1 Wealth	−0.29	(−0.47, −0.10)
Change in Wealth	−0.08	(−0.16, 0.00)
Wave 1 Financial Security	−0.39	(−0.65, −0.13)
Change in Financial Security	−0.05	(−0.25, 0.15)

*All models adjusted for age, age*time, height and parity

*All models use post-stratification weights to provide design based estimates