Table 4.
Estimated telomere length coefficients* in a series of nested regression models.
| Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coef. | Std. Err. | P>|t | Coef. | Std. Err. | P>|t | Coef. | Std. Err. | P>|t | |
| Age (in years) | −16.54 | 1.84 | 0.00 | −16.92 | 1.89 | 0.00 | −16.87 | 1.83 | 0.00 |
| Race: [ref = White] | |||||||||
| Black | 45.31 | 73.50 | 0.54 | −73.68 | 100.38 | 0.47 | −32.40 | 109.15 | 0.77 |
| Mexican | 16.53 | 93.48 | 0.86 | −231.42 | 117.28 | 0.06 | −182.39 | 120.79 | 0.14 |
| Female | 199.76 | 74.43 | 0.01 | 197.97 | 75.11 | 0.01 | 195.77 | 71.88 | 0.01 |
| Race * PIR interactions: | |||||||||
| White * PIR < 1 | −327.25 | 107.80 | 0.01 | −255.73 | 116.83 | 0.04 | |||
| Black * PIR < 1 | −62.40 | 83.37 | 0.46 | −33.11 | 92.31 | 0.72 | |||
| Mexican * PIR < 1 | 194.34 | 128.10 | 0.14 | 235.55 | 133.20 | 0.09 | |||
| Education: [ref = college] | |||||||||
| < high school | −208.11 | 114.07 | 0.08 | ||||||
| HS degree/GED | −127.76 | 99.20 | 0.21 | ||||||
| Some college | −124.60 | 103.38 | 0.24 | ||||||
| Psychosocial stress: | |||||||||
| Safety stress | |||||||||
| Everyday unfair treatment | |||||||||
| Physical environment | |||||||||
| Negative social | |||||||||
| Neighborhood | |||||||||
| Strongly agree | |||||||||
| Somewhat agree | |||||||||
| Neither agree or disagree | |||||||||
| Somewhat disagree | |||||||||
| Strongly disagree [ref.] | |||||||||
| Response type: | |||||||||
| Anger out | |||||||||
| Hopelessness | |||||||||
| Smoking status: [ref = 0] | |||||||||
| Current smoker | |||||||||
| Former smoker | |||||||||
| BMI: [ref = normal/under] | |||||||||
| Overweight | |||||||||
| Obese | |||||||||
| [constant] | 6274.26 | 131.10 | 0.00 | 6444.44 | 163.07 | 0.00 | 6527.36 | 167.42 | 0.00 |
| Model 4 | Model 5 | Model 6 | |||||||
| Coef. | Std. Err. | P>|t | Coef. | Std. Err. | P>|t| | Coef. | Std. Err. | P>|t| | |
| Age (in years) | −16.34 | 1.92 | 0.00 | −16.85 | 1.78 | 0.00 | −17.00 | 1.65 | 0.00 |
| Race: [ref = White] | |||||||||
| Black | −6.38 | 116.25 | 0.96 | 19.02 | 111.45 | 0.87 | −24.14 | 106.27 | 0.82 |
| Mexican | −205.09 | 135.71 | 0.14 | −183.75 | 133.05 | 0.18 | −151.49 | 134.16 | 0.27 |
| Female | 199.15 | 66.18 | 0.01 | 196.56 | 66.29 | 0.01 | 190.48 | 65.23 | 0.01 |
| Race * PIR interactions: | |||||||||
| White * PIR < 1 | −252.27 | 108.02 | 0.03 | −233.42 | 106.54 | 0.04 | −219.04 | 108.04 | 0.05 |
| Black * PIR < 1 | −27.75 | 88.07 | 0.76 | −36.45 | 85.53 | 0.67 | −7.03 | 82.88 | 0.93 |
| Mexican * PIR < 1 | 227.38 | 136.10 | 0.10 | 192.33 | 150.78 | 0.21 | 158.36 | 153.54 | 0.31 |
| Education: [ref = college] | |||||||||
| < high school | −228.66 | 118.78 | 0.06 | −241.53 | 109.66 | 0.04 | −202.07 | 113.86 | 0.09 |
| HS degree/GED | −143.72 | 97.02 | 0.15 | −137.23 | 91.96 | 0.15 | −118.26 | 90.47 | 0.20 |
| Some college | −147.71 | 108.40 | 0.18 | −143.13 | 104.68 | 0.18 | −139.91 | 103.27 | 0.19 |
| Psychosocial stress: | |||||||||
| Safety stress | 67.13 | 35.42 | 0.07 | 80.29 | 34.02 | 0.02 | 78.98 | 33.25 | 0.02 |
| Everyday unfair treatment | −4.51 | 41.45 | 0.91 | 8.00 | 44.55 | 0.86 | 37.01 | 45.81 | 0.43 |
| Physical environment | 36.47 | 38.81 | 0.35 | 56.35 | 41.31 | 0.18 | 59.23 | 39.15 | 0.14 |
| Negative social interactions |
−55.74 | 28.20 | 0.06 | −51.53 | 29.38 | 0.09 | −47.66 | 29.20 | 0.11 |
| Neighborhood Satisfaction: | |||||||||
| Strongly agree | 215.39 | 84.78 | 0.02 | 201.31 | 88.33 | 0.03 | |||
| Somewhat agree | 103.17 | 131.41 | 0.44 | 100.81 | 121.00 | 0.41 | |||
| Neither agree or disagree | 56.39 | 97.40 | 0.57 | 53.12 | 97.52 | 0.59 | |||
| Somewhat disagree | 41.47 | 78.20 | 0.60 | 32.20 | 77.23 | 0.68 | |||
| Strongly disagree [ref.] | |||||||||
| Response type: | |||||||||
| Anger out | −15.19 | 10.95 | 0.18 | ||||||
| Hopelessness | −39.89 | 20.10 | 0.06 | ||||||
| Smoking status: [ref = 0] | |||||||||
| Current smoker | |||||||||
| Former smoker | |||||||||
| BMI: [ref = normal/under] | |||||||||
| Overweight | |||||||||
| Obese | |||||||||
| [constant] | 6355.34 | 215.98 | 0.00 | 6174.28 | 211.49 | 0.00 | 6322.28 | 203.98 | 0.00 |
| Model 7 | Model 8 | Model 2 | |||||||
| Coef. | Std. Err. | P>|t| | Coef. | Std. Err. | P>|t| | Coef. | Std. Err. | P>|t| | |
| Age (in years) | −16.70 | 1.79 | 0.00 | −16.25 | 1.75 | 0.00 | −16.92 | 1.89 | 0.00 |
| Race: [ref = White] | |||||||||
| Black | −32.39 | 105.54 | 0.76 | −39.52 | 103.81 | 0.71 | −73.68 | 100.38 | 0.47 |
| Mexican | −168.86 | 131.98 | 0.21 | −157.28 | 134.32 | 0.25 | −231.42 | 117.28 | 0.06 |
| Female | 177.43 | 61.68 | 0.01 | 180.68 | 60.42 | 0.01 | 197.97 | 75.11 | 0.01 |
| Race * PIR interactions: | |||||||||
| White * PIR < 1 | −215.44 | 111.00 | 0.06 | −215.63 | 110.16 | 0.06 | −327.25 | 107.80 | 0.01 |
| Black * PIR < 1 | 0.06 | 81.81 | 1.00 | −9.04 | 82.67 | 0.91 | −62.40 | 83.37 | 0.46 |
| Mexican * PIR < 1 | 163.48 | 152.14 | 0.29 | 170.25 | 145.75 | 0.25 | 194.34 | 128.10 | 0.14 |
| Education: [ref = college] | |||||||||
| < high school | −189.63 | 114.51 | 0.11 | −140.11 | 120.88 | 0.26 | |||
| HS degree/GED | −114.61 | 96.92 | 0.25 | −55.19 | 108.23 | 0.61 | |||
| Some college | −138.84 | 104.31 | 0.19 | −104.49 | 113.35 | 0.36 | |||
| Psychosocial stress: | |||||||||
| Safety stress | 81.11 | 31.15 | 0.01 | 77.80 | 31.14 | 0.02 | |||
| Everyday unfair treatment | 39.92 | 49.31 | 0.42 | 41.55 | 49.33 | 0.41 | |||
| Physical environment | 56.08 | 38.60 | 0.16 | 54.46 | 36.41 | 0.14 | |||
| Negative social interactions | −47.97 | 29.02 | 0.11 | −51.50 | 28.63 | 0.08 | |||
| Neighborhood Satisfaction: | |||||||||
| Strongly agree | 187.99 | 89.72 | 0.04 | 195.09 | 86.73 | 0.03 | |||
| Somewhat agree | 96.27 | 122.79 | 0.44 | 90.55 | 119.90 | 0.46 | |||
| Neither agree or disagree | 69.75 | 95.74 | 0.47 | 93.43 | 102.70 | 0.37 | |||
| Somewhat disagree | 36.13 | 77.97 | 0.65 | 32.89 | 77.21 | 0.67 | |||
| Strongly disagree [ref.] | |||||||||
| Response type: | |||||||||
| Anger out | −12.78 | 11.66 | 0.28 | −15.46 | 10.95 | 0.17 | |||
| Hopelessness | −39.02 | 20.20 | 0.06 | −39.27 | 18.65 | 0.04 | |||
| Smoking status: [ref = 0] | |||||||||
| Current smoker | −51.44 | 71.15 | 0.48 | −71.80 | 72.17 | 0.33 | |||
| Former smoker | −79.02 | 92.05 | 0.40 | −80.19 | 92.30 | 0.39 | |||
| BMI: [ref = normal/under] | |||||||||
| Overweight | −46.09 | 80.17 | 0.57 | ||||||
| Obese | −145.22 | 69.82 | 0.05 | ||||||
| [constant] | 6337.24 | 210.23 | 0.00 | 6408.79 | 202.72 | 0.00 | 6444.44 | 163.07 | 0.00 |
*
Bolded values are statistically significant (p<.05) or marginally