Table 5.

Associations Between Neighborhood Disadvantage and CBR Sub-Indices in the JHS 2000-2004 (n=4,410)

	Cardiovascular		Metabolic		Inflammatory		Neuroendocrine
	B	SE	B	SE	B	SE	B	SE
Neighborhood Disadvantage	0.02	0.03	0.05	0.02.*	0.06	0.04	0.11	0.05*
Age	0.01	0.001****	0.01	0.001****	0.001	0.001****	0.01	0.001****
Gender	0.12	0.02****	0.20	0.02.****	-0.44	0.03	0.51	0.03****
Annual Family Income
Low	0.02	0.04	0.08	0.04*	0.09	0.06	0.15	0.06**
Lower-Middle	0.02	0.03	0.01	0.03	0.08	0.05	0.06	0.05
Upper Middle	0.03	0.03	0.04	0.03	0.05	0.04	-0.02	0.04
High (REF)	---		---		---		---
Education
≤ High School	0.04	0.03	0.08	0.03**	0.11	0.04**	0.04	0.04
Some College	0.06	0.03*	0.09	0.03***	0.10	0.04*	-0.06	0.03
College(REF)	---		---		---		---
Neighborhood Disadvantage	0.02	0.03	0.05	0.02*	0.05	0.04	0.09	0.05*
Age	0.01	0.001****	0.01	0.001****	0.001	0.001	0.01	0.001****
Gender	0.11	0.02****	0.22	0.02****	-0.46	0.03****	0.47	0.03****
Annual Family Income
Low	0.004	0.04	0.09	0.04*	0.07	0.06	0.13	0.06*
Lower-Middle	0.01	0.03	0.01	0.03	0.06	0.05	0.06	0.05
Upper Middle	0.02	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.04	0.04	-0.01	0.04
High (REF)	---		---		---		---
Education
≤ High School	0.03	0.03	0.07	0.03*	0.07	0.04	0.04	0.04*
Some College	0.05	0.03*	0.09	0.03***	0.08	0.04*	-0.07	0.04
College(REF)	---		---		---		---
Health Behaviors
% Calories from Fat	-0.001	0.001	0.005	0.001***	0.002	0.002	-0.001	0.002
Active Living Score	-0.05	0.01****	-0.07	0.01****	-0.11	0.02****	0.01	0.02
Alcohol Consumption	0.001	0.001	-0.003	0.001****	0.001	0.001	0.01	0.001****
Current Smoker	0.07	0.03*	-0.08	0.03*	0.17	0.05***	0.07	0.04

^****<0.0001

^***<0.001

^**<0.01

^*≤0.05

Associations between neighborhood characteristics and CBR sub-indices were estimated using two-level linear regression models with random intercepts performed using the PROC Mixed procedure in SAS. Models adjusted for age, gender, family income, educational attainment and health behaviors.