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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2016 Mar 22;157:60–67. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.03.029

Table 2.

Results from Linear Regression Analyses Predicting Salivary Telomere Length

Variable Model 1 Model 2
b 95% CI β p b 95% CI β p
Marital status1
 Married continuously .021 .010, 0.033 .086 .001 .025 .013, .037 .103 .000
 Married with a history of divorce .003 −.011, .017 .008 .733 .005 −.011, .021 .016 .494
 Widowed .004 −.010, .018 .015 .546 .009 −.007, .025 .031 .230
 Never married .025 .010, .045 .046 .016 .023 .001, .045 .041 .036
Age −.007 −.013, −.001 −.581 .013 −.006 −.012, −.000 −.486 .046
Age-squared .000 .000, .000 .461 .048 .000 .000, .000 .399 .102
Gender (Women) .010 .002, .018 .042 .020 .008 −.002, .018 .034 .072
Race2
 Black .043 .027, .069 .101 .000 .041 .025, .057 .097 .000
 Other .023 −.004, .050 .028 .110 .014 −.015, .043 .017 .338
Ethnicity (Latino) .008 −.010, .030 .018 .346 .005 −.013, .023 .012 .553
Education .001 −.001, .003 .024 .239 .002 .000, .004 .044 .042
Total household income −.015 −.023, −.007 −.072 .000 −.015 −.023, −.007 −.071 .001
Subjective social status .003 .001, .005 .051 .007 .003 .001, .005 .047 .019
Neuroticism .003 −.005, .011 .016 .405
Cigarette smoker −.008 −.016, −.000 −.031 .088
Body mass index .001 .000, .000 .048 .009
Childhood traumatic life events .006 .000, .012 .031 .097
Traumatic life events −.003 −.007, .001 −.029 .118
Stressful life events .005 −.001, .011 .026 .178

Note. Model 1 includes demographic and socioeconomic covariates and Model 2 additionally includes the other covariates. b = unstandardized regression coefficient. CI = confidence interval. β = standardized regression coefficient.

1

Separated or divorced is the reference group.

2

White is the reference group.