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Published in final edited form as: Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2013 Nov 7;40:76–85. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2013.10.019

Table 2.

Predicting very high CRP with weighted logistic regression models. Odds ratios (95% confidence intervals). N=13,257.

	Bivariate CRP > 10 vs. ≤ 10	(1) Demo- graphic	(2) Parental SES/Health	(3) Subject SES	(4) Pycho- logical	(5) Health Behavior	(6) Repro- ductive	(7) Illness/ Medi- cations	(8) BMI	(9) MetS Indi- cators
1. Demographic
Age	1.01 [0.96–1.06]	1.02 [0.98–1.07]	1.01 [0.97–1.06]	1.01 [0.97–1.06]	1.01 [0.97–1.06]	1.01 [0.97–1.06]	1.03 [0.98–1.07]	1.02 [0.98–1.07]	1.02 [0.97–1.07]	1.02 [0.97–1.07]
Female¹	3.53^*** [2.96–4.21]	3.55^*** [2.97–4.24]	3.55^*** [2.97–4.25]	3.61^*** [3.00–4.35]	3.50^*** [2.91–4.21]	3.25^*** [2.69–3.91]	3.11^*** [2.52–3.83]	2.99^*** [2.41–3.69]	2.83^*** [2.29–3.50]	2.92^*** [2.39–3.57]
Hispanic²	1.49^** [1.17–1.90]	1.50^** [1.18–1.90]	1.43^* [1.09–1.88]	1.43^** [1.10–1.86]	1.46^** [1.12–1.89]	1.36^* [1.06–1.75]	1.40^** [1.10–1.79]	1.41^** [1.11–1.79]	1.35^* [1.05–1.74]	1.39^* [1.08–1.79]
Black²	1.57^*** [1.31–1.89]	1.55^*** [1.28–1.87]	1.50^*** [1.23–1.81]	1.39^** [1.13–1.71]	1.45^*** [1.17–1.78]	1.31^* [1.06–1.61]	1.41^** [1.14–1.73]	1.49^*** [1.22–1.83]	1.16 [0.94–1.44]	1.20 [0.96–1.49]
Asian²	0.47^** [0.27–0.82]	0.46^** [0.27–0.81]	0.53^* [0.30–0.92]	0.54^* [0.31–0.95]	0.55^* [0.32–0.97]	0.52^* [0.30–0.89]	0.52^* [0.30–0.90]	0.51^* [0.29–0.89]	0.60^* [0.37–0.98]	0.61 [0.38–1.00]
American Indian²	1.64^* [1.04–2.59]	1.78^* [1.11–2.85]	1.55 [0.99–2.42]	1.49 [0.96–2.33]	1.47 [0.94–2.30]	1.48 [0.93–2.35]	1.49 [0.93–2.40]	1.44 [0.88–2.34]	1.37 [0.85–2.20]	1.37 [0.85–2.21]
Other²	0.98 [0.48–1.98]	1.02 [0.52–2.03]	1.00 [0.51–1.97]	1.01 [0.51–1.98]	1.05 [0.53–2.06]	1.02 [0.52–2.00]	1.01 [0.51–2.00]	1.00 [0.51–1.94]	1.35 [0.69–2.65]	1.40 [0.72–2.69]
2. Par. Education/Health
Parental Education	0.87^*** [0.82–0.92]		0.91^** [0.85–0.98]	0.95 [0.88–1.02]	0.94 [0.87–1.02]	0.96 [0.89–1.04]	0.95 [0.88–1.03]	0.95 [0.88–1.03]	1.00 [0.92–1.08]	1.00 [0.92–1.08]
Parental Smoking	1.27^** [1.09–1.47]		1.26^** [1.08–1.48]	1.22^* [1.04–1.43]	1.21^* [1.03–1.42]	1.24^** [1.06–1.46]	1.27^** [1.08–1.50]	1.27^** [1.08–1.49]	1.13 [0.96–1.33]	1.12 [0.95–1.32]
Parental Diabetes	1.52^** [1.13–2.04]		1.27 [0.93–1.74]	1.24 [0.91–1.70]	1.24 [0.91–1.70]	1.20 [0.87–1.64]	1.16 [0.85–1.59]	1.13 [0.82–1.54]	0.93 [0.67–1.28]	0.91 [0.66–1.26]
Parental Obesity	1.66^*** [1.42–1.95]		1.65^*** [1.39–1.95]	1.63^*** [1.37–1.94]	1.62^*** [1.37–1.93]	1.62^*** [1.37–1.93]	1.65^*** [1.39–1.95]	1.65^*** [1.38–1.96]	1.01 [0.83–1.22]	0.99 [0.82–1.20]
3. Subject SES
Household Income	0.79^*** [0.73–0.85]			0.91^* [0.83–0.99]	0.92 [0.84–1.00]	0.93 [0.85–1.02]	0.91^* [0.83–0.99]	0.91^* [0.83–0.99]	0.91 [0.82–1.01]	0.92 [0.83–1.02]
Education	0.88^** [0.82–0.95]			0.92 [0.84–1.01]	0.93 [0.85–1.02]	0.94 [0.86–1.02]	0.90^* [0.82–0.98]	0.90^* [0.83–0.99]	0.93 [0.85–1.03]	0.94 [0.85–1.04]
Married	0.96 [0.82–1.11]			0.91 [0.77–1.09]	0.93 [0.78–1.10]	0.87 [0.73–1.04]	0.98 [0.81–1.18]	0.97 [0.80–1.18]	0.94 [0.77–1.14]	0.93 [0.76–1.13]
Cohabiting	0.92 [0.77–1.10]			0.87 [0.71–1.05]	0.87 [0.72–1.05]	0.87 [0.71–1.05]	0.90 [0.74–1.09]	0.88 [0.73–1.08]	0.91 [0.73–1.13]	0.91 [0.73–1.13]
4. Psychol. Char.
Depression/Anxiety	1.55^*** [1.30–1.86]				1.19^* [1.00–1.41]	1.19^* [1.00–1.42]	1.21^* [1.01–1.43]	1.09 [0.92–1.30]	1.07 [0.89–1.28]	1.06 [0.88–1.27]
Conscientiousness	0.78^** [0.67–0.90]				0.85^* [0.73–0.98]	0.87 [0.75–1.00]	0.86^* [0.74–0.99]	0.88 [0.76–1.02]	1.03 [0.88–1.20]	1.05 [0.89–1.22]
5. Health Beh.
Smoking	0.87 [0.74–1.04]					0.85 [0.71–1.01]	0.88 [0.74–1.05]	0.86 [0.72–1.03]	1.01 [0.84–1.21]	1.01 [0.84–1.21]
Drinking	0.84^*** [0.81–0.88]					0.92^** [0.88–0.97]	0.91^*** [0.87–0.96]	0.91^*** [0.87–0.96]	0.94^* [0.89–1.00]	0.94 [0.89–1.00]
Physical Activity	0.80^*** [0.75–0.85]					0.85^*** [0.80–0.92]	0.85^*** [0.80–0.92]	0.86^*** [0.80–0.92]	0.86^*** [0.80–0.92]	0.86^*** [0.80–0.92]
6. Reprod. Beh.
Pregnant	2.37^*** [1.69–3.31]						1.49^* [1.06–2.09]	1.53^* [1.08–2.16]	1.52^* [1.05–2.20]	1.44 [0.99–2.08]
# of Children	1.06 [0.99–1.13]						0.86^*** [0.79–0.94]	0.87^** [0.79–0.95]	0.88^** [0.80–0.97]	0.88^* [0.81–0.97]
Oral Contraceptive	1.93^*** [1.60–2.32]						1.33^** [1.08–1.64]	1.37^** [1.11–1.69]	1.75^*** [1.40–2.17]	1.77^*** [1.42–2.20]
7. Illness
Acute Illness	1.91^*** [1.66–2.19]							1.65^*** [1.43–1.90]	1.72^*** [1.48–1.99]	1.71^*** [1.47–2.00]
Surgery	2.12^*** [1.47–3.07]							1.82^** [1.24–2.69]	1.96^** [1.31–2.93]	1.94^** [1.30–2.91]
Diabetes	2.31^*** [1.67–3.19]							1.62^** [1.14–2.31]	1.16 [0.80–1.70]	1.08 [0.73–1.61]
Chronic Illness	1.41^*** [1.19–1.67]							1.01 [0.84–1.22]	0.96 [0.78–1.18]	0.96 [0.78–1.18]
STD	1.20^*** [1.11–1.31]							0.94 [0.85–1.04]	0.98 [0.89–1.09]	0.98 [0.89–1.09]
Medications	1.48^*** [1.29–1.69]							1.33^*** [1.15–1.54]	1.36^*** [1.17–1.59]	1.35^*** [1.16–1.57]
8. BMI
BMI	1.21^*** [1.14–1.29]								1.20^*** [1.14–1.26]	1.14^*** [1.07–1.21]
BMI²	0.99^** [0.99–0.99]								0.99^** [0.99–0.99]	0.99^* [0.99–0.99]
9. MetS Indicators
Waist Circumference	1.04^*** [1.04–1.05]									1.02^*** [1.01–1.02]
Systolic BP	1.01 [1.00–1.01]									0.99 [0.98–1.00]
Diastolic BP	1.01 [1.01–1.02]									1.01 [1.00–1.02]
Cholesterol	1.53^** [1.18–1.99]									1.09 [0.80–1.48]

p < 0.05,

^**

p < 0.01,

^***

p < 0.001

Male=reference group

White=reference group

MetS=Metabolic Syndrome; STD=Sexually transmitted disease; BP=Blood pressure