Table 2.
Linear regression model results: associations between educational-attainment levels relative to a HS diploma, for CVD, metabolic, and cumulative biological risk indices.
| Metabolic Syndrome | CVD | Cumulative Biological Risk | |
|---|---|---|---|
| B (SE) | B(SE) | B(SE) | |
| All sample | |||
| High school diploma (reference) | |||
| 9–12 years or GED | 0.07 (0.03)⁎ | 0.85 (0.11)⁎⁎⁎ | 0.24 (0.05)⁎⁎⁎ |
| Some college, no degree | −0.04 (0.05) | −0.27 (0.11)⁎ | −0.02 (0.07) |
| Vocational AA | −0.03 (0.04) | −0.32 (0.12)⁎⁎ | −0.01 (0.06) |
| Academic AA | −0.16 (0.08)⁎ | −0.79 (0.18)⁎⁎⁎ | −0.22 (0.11)† |
| Bachelor's degree | −0.36 (0.04)⁎⁎⁎ | −1.71 (0.11)⁎⁎⁎ | −0.48 (0.06)⁎⁎⁎ |
| N | 12,484 | 14,727 | 10,281 |
| Men | |||
| High school diploma (reference) | |||
| 9–12 years or GED | −0.09 (0.06) | 0.64 (0.16)⁎⁎⁎ | −0.00 (0.08) |
| Some college, no degree | −0.08 (0.07) | −0.18 (0.17) | −0.08 (0.09) |
| Vocational AA | −0.02 (0.07) | −0.19 (0.19) | 0.01 (0.11) |
| Academic AA | −0.30 (0.14)⁎ | −0.62 (0.27)⁎ | −0.38 (0.19)⁎ |
| Bachelor's degree | −0.31 (0.07)⁎⁎⁎ | −1.51 (0.18)⁎⁎⁎ | −0.39 (0.09)⁎⁎⁎ |
| N | 5993 | 7057 | 4903 |
| Women | |||
| High school diploma (reference) | |||
| 9–12 years or GED | 0.26 (0.05)⁎⁎⁎ | 1.09 (0.18)⁎⁎⁎ | 0.49 (0.07)⁎⁎⁎ |
| Some college, no degree | −0.01 (0.05) | −0.32 (0.13)⁎ | 0.03 (0.09) |
| Vocational AA | −0.03 (0.05) | −0.39 (0.18)⁎ | −0.02 (0.09) |
| Academic AA | −0.05 (0.08) | −0.83 (0.25)⁎⁎ | −0.08 (0.15) |
| Bachelor's degree | −0.39 (0.04)⁎⁎⁎ | −1.82 (0.13)⁎⁎⁎ | −0.54 (0.07)⁎⁎⁎ |
| N | 6491 | 7670 | 5378 |
Results from OLS models of each index of biological risk. All models control for age, race/ethnicity, NHANES wave, and sex in all-sample models.
The estimation adjusts for the complex sampling design of the NHANES 1999–2012.
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p<.1.
⁎
p<.05.
⁎⁎
p<.01.
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p<.001.