Table 2.

Maternal and Neighborhood Predictors of MEG3 Methylation, Hierarchical Linear Model with Neighborhood Random Effects

	Coef.	SE	p-value
Neighborhood Disadvantage	0.76	0.24	0.002**
Relationship Status (ref=Married)
Never Married	1.79	0.84	0.033*
Cohabiting	0.65	0.75	0.387
Other	2.41	1.18	0.041*
Mother’s Mother Present	−1.75	0.81	0.030*
Covariates
Mother’s Race (ref=White)
Black	1.64	0.76	0.031*
Asian	2.93	1.76	0.096+
Other	−0.09	0.97	0.040
Mother is Hispanic	2.44	0.90	0.007**
Mother’s Years of Schooling	0.03	0.09	0.752
Mother’s Household Income (ref=$25–49.9K)
$0–24.9K	0.82	0.87	0.345
≥$50K	1.75	0.92	0.057+
Missing	1.41	0.99	0.157
Mother Smoked During Pregnancy	0.72	0.73	0.326
Antibiotics Used During Pregnancy	0.15	0.58	0.789
Mother’s Pre-Pregnancy BMI (ref=Normal)
Underweight	−1.69	1.55	0.277
Overweight	−0.56	0.57	0.326
Missing	−0.20	0.83	0.805
Newborn is a Girl	0.87	0.50	0.079+
Constant	68.11	1.85	0.000***

^***p<0.001;

^**p<0.01;

^*p<0.05;

⁺p<0.1;

Newborn Epigenetic Study, 2009–2011 (N=489)