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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2017 Sep 23;193:23–32. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.09.041

Table 4.

Coefficients and significance from OLS models predicting young adult health outcomes



Cardiovascular Risk Scale Self-rated health
Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4 Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4
Adolescent health lifestyles (Consistently positive)
Mixed −0.03 −0.04 −0.09* −0.03
Mid, sleep problems −0.03 −0.04 −0.04 0.01
Passive 0.06 0.04 −0.04 −0.02
Unsafe, no substance use 0.07 0.04 −0.15** −0.09+
Substance users and unsafe 0.04 0.02 −0.22** −0.10
Mostly negative 0.11 0.07 −0.25*** −0.15**
Early adult health lifestyles (Consistently positive)
Mostly positive, seated time and problem drinking −0.10+ −0.04 0.11* 0.06
Poor diet and no health care 0.06 0.07 −0.12** −0.08+
Mostly negative but active −0.04 0.01 −0.05 −0.02
Mostly negative, especially substance use 0.03 0.04 −0.26*** −0.16**
Young adult health lifestyles (consistently positive)
Mostly positive with problem drinking −0.06 −0.05 −0.01 0.01
Inactive, poor diet, poor sleep 0.17** 0.15** −0.28*** −0.24***
Consistently negative 0.12* 0.10 −0.43*** −0.35***

Source: Add Health

Notes: Accounts for complex sampling design. N=6605. Referents are in parentheses. All models control for age, sex, race/ethnicity, parent education, adolescent household income, adolescent self-rated health, and adolescent weight status.

+

p<.10

*

p<.05;

**

p<.01;

***

p<.001