Table 2.

Descriptive Statistics and Correlations Among the Variables: Strong African American Healthy Adult Project

Variable	M	SD	Correlations
			1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1. Epigenetic aging (age 20)	0	5.44	—
2. Discrimination classa (ages 16–18)	.21	.41	.074	—
3. Support in the family environment (ages 16–18)	0.02	3.24	−.064	−.020	—
4. Gender (male = 1)	.43	.50	.156**	.007	−.119*	—
5. Depressive symptoms (ages 16–18)	0	1.73	.123*	.222***	−.232***	−.039	—
6. Perceived life stress (ages 17–18)	2.66	1.46	.020	.224***	−.035	.123*	.304***	—
7. SES-related risk (ages 16–18)	2.34	1.23	.073	−.052	−.173**	−.056	.122*	.081	—
8. Body mass index (age 20)	28.58	8.78	.139*	.169**	.070	−.159**	.012	.050	.070

Note: N = 322. SES = socioeconomic status.

^aMembership in the high-and-stable class was coded as 1, and membership in the low-and-increasing class was coded as 0.

^*p ≤ .05, two-tailed. **p ≤ .01, two-tailed. ***p ≤ .001, two-tailed.