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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 31.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2014 Nov 12;166(2):370–377.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2014.10.010

Table 1.

Description of the study sample and associations of race/ethnicity to covariates

Total
(N=545)
Black
(N=249)
White
(N=296)
p-value
% % %
Sex 0.88
  Male 41.8 42.2 41.6
  Female 58.2 57.8 58.4
Highest Parent Education <.0001
  High school, GED, or less 18.5 26.1 12.2
  Some College 27.5 35.7 20.6
  College Graduate 30.8 28.9 32.4
  Professional Degree 23.1 9.2 34.8
High Depressive Symptoms in Adolescence 11.9 13.3 10.8 0.38
Med (IQR) Med (IQR) Med (IQR)
Age, years
  Baseline (Adolescence) 14.3 (13.1–16.0) 14.2 (13.1–15.8) 14.4 (13.2–16.1) 0.30
  Year 10 (Young Adulthood) 23.5 (21.6–25.3) 23.3 (21.5–25.1) 23.6 (21.9–25.5) 0.11
Length of Follow-up, years 9.0 (8.7–9.4) 9.4 (9.0–9.4) 9.1 (8.7–9.5) 0.02
Household Income ($1000) 62.5 (30.0–87.5) 30.0 (20.5–62.5) 87.5 (62.5–150.0) <.0001
CESD Score in Adolescence 13.0 (7.0–18.0) 13.0 (8.0–18.0) 12.0 (7.0–17.0) 0.02
Discrimination 26.0 (20.0–36.0) 35.0 (26.0–42.0) 22.0 (19.0–28.0) <.0001

Note. CESD, Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale; Med, median; IQR, inner quartile range. High depressive symptoms were defined by CESD scores ≥22 for males and ≥24 for females in adolescence and ≥16 in young adulthood. Percentages may not sum to 100 due to rounding.