Table 2.

Coefficients and Standard Errors of Regression Models Predicting the Association between Total Early Life Adversity and Overall Biological Risk Score (n=1,180).

	M1 Adversity Only	M2 + Educational Attainment	M3 + Social Relationships	M4 + Health Behaviors	M5 Full Model
Total Early Life Adversity (possible range: 0–6)	0.093** (0.027)	0.070* (0.027)	0.080** (0.028)	0.082** (0.027)	0.052+ (0.027)
Education (ref: College+)
HS or less		0.335** (0.073)			0.331** (0.074)
Some College		0.244** (0.070)			0.227** (0.070)
Social Relationships
Adult Social Support			−0.073 (0.061)		−0.033 (0.062)
Adult Social Strain			0.113+ (0.068)		0.117+ (0.067)
Health Behaviors
Smoking (ref: nonsmoker)
Current				0.320** (0.095)	0.232* (0.097)
Past				0.063 (0.065)	0.037 (0.065)
Drinking (ref: heavy drinker)
Light				0.283** (0.094)	0.286** (0.095)
Moderate				0.053 (0.085)	0.077 (0.086)
Hours of exercise per week				−0.019** (0.004)	−0.021** (0.004)

Notes: Results of OLS regression models. Standard errors in parentheses. Standard errors adjusted for families with multiple respondents. All models control for age, sex, race, Milwaukee, and site of data collection.

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^*p<.05,

^**p<.01