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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychosom Med. 2016 Jun;78(5):542–551. doi: 10.1097/PSY.0000000000000309

Table 2. Associations of subjective social status, objective social status, and all other study variables (race/ethnicity, health conditions and medication use, health behaviors, and health-related adiposity measures) with hs-CRP (N=13,236).

(0) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
Bivariate SSS by Sex Objective SES Race/ Ethnicity Illness/ Medication Use Health Behaviors Obesity
0. Subjective Social Status
 SSS -0.072*** -0.093*** -0.067*** -0.067*** -0.060*** -0.059*** -0.055***
[-0.093,-0.050] [-0.115,-0.070] [-0.090,-0.044] [-0.090,-0.044] [-0.083,-0.036] [-0.082,-0.036] [-0.075,-0.034]
1. SSS by Sex
 Female 0.546*** 0.313** 0.307** 0.307** 0.231* 0.199 -0.180
[0.484,0.609] [0.096,0.529] [0.092,0.523] [0.094,0.520] [0.017,0.446] [-0.015,0.412] [-0.475,0.116]
 SSS by Sex 0.080*** 0.047* 0.050* 0.050* 0.055** 0.054** 0.085***
[0.069,0.092] [0.006,0.087] [0.010,0.090] [0.010,0.089] [0.015,0.095] [0.016,0.093] [0.051,0.118]
2. Objective Social Status
 Subject Educational -0.056*** -0.044*** -0.041*** -0.041*** -0.038*** -0.018
  Attainment [-0.074,0.037] [-0.065,-0.023] [-0.062,-0.020] [-0.061,-0.020] [-0.059,-0.018] [-0.036,0.000]
 Subject Logged -0.108*** -0.013 -0.002 0.007 0.011 0.005
  Household Income [-0.148,-0.068] [-0.057,0.032] [-0.049,0.044] [-0.039,0.054] [-0.036,0.058] [-0.032,0.043]
 Subject Occupational 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001
  Prestige [-0.002,0.002] [-0.001,0.003] [-0.001,0.003] [-0.001,0.003] [-0.001,0.003] [-0.001,0.003]
 Parental Educational -0.106*** -0.065*** -0.055*** -0.054*** -0.047** -0.017
  Attainment [-0.134,-0.079] [-0.094,-0.036] [-0.086,-0.024] [-0.084,-0.024] [-0.076,-0.017] [-0.040,0.007]
3. Race/Ethnicity
 Hispanic 0.210*** 0.117* 0.130* 0.108* 0.081*
[0.108,0.312] [0.011,0.223] [0.031,0.228] [0.014,0.203] [0.005,0.156]
 Black 0.175*** 0.102 0.134* 0.105* -0.004
[0.078,0.271] [-0.002,0.206] [0.029,0.239] [0.004,0.205] [-0.090,0.082]
 Asian -0.528*** -0.484*** -0.463*** -0.487*** -0.295***
[-0.711,-0.345] [-0.666,-0.302] [-0.630,-0.295] [-0.648,-0.326] [-0.401,-0.189]
 Other 0.165 0.130 0.097 0.094 0.085
[-0.074,0.405] [-0.096,0.356] [-0.131,0.325] [-0.134,0.322] [-0.078,0.249]
4. Illness & Medication Use
 Subclinical 0.253*** 0.178*** 0.175*** 0.179***
[0.208,0.298] [0.132,0.224] [0.129,0.222] [0.137,0.220]
 Infectious/Inflammatory 0.116*** 0.028 0.033 0.013
  Illness [0.073,0.159] [-0.018,0.074] [-0.013,0.079] [-0.026,0.052]
 Other Illness 0.256*** 0.173*** 0.165*** 0.006
[0.211,0.301] [0.125,0.220] [0.117,0.212] [-0.031,0.043]
 Medication Use 0.236*** 0.114** 0.120*** 0.129***
[0.162,0.308] [0.045,0.184] [0.052,0.189] [0.070,0.189]
5. Health Behaviors
 Physical Activity -0.121*** -0.078*** -0.058***
[-0.150,-0.093] [-0.160,-0.049] [-0.082,-0.033]
 Alcohol Use -0.083*** -0.032*** -0.001
[-0.101,-0.065] [-0.049,-0.014] [-0.017,0.014]
 Past Smoking -0.009 0.048 -0.066
[-0.083,0.065] [-0.038,0.135] [-0.140,0.009]
 Current Smoking 0.008 0.086 -0.015
[-0.063,0.080] [-0.002,0.175] [-0.096,0.066]
6. Obesity
 Body Mass Index 0.084*** 0.131***
[0.080,0.087] [0.109,0.153]
 BMI by Sex 0.028*** 0.011***
[0.026,0.030] [0.004,0.017]
 BMI2 0.001*** -0.001***
[0.001,0.001] [-0.001,-0.001]
 Waist Circumference 0.035*** 0.012***
[0.033,0.037] [0.008,0.016]

Data present regression coefficients and 95% confidence intervals (in brackets).

*

p< 0.050,

**

p< 0.010,

***

p < 0.001

BMI=Body Mass Index; SSS=Subjective Social Status