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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2017 Jun 8;5(2):387–397. doi: 10.1007/s40615-017-0382-9

Table 3.

Criminal Justice Contact and Stressors as Predictors of Obesity-Related Health Problems (ORHPs) Among Black Adults (African American or Afro Caribbean), 2001–2003 National Survey of American Life (N=5008)

Model 1
PR (95%
CI)
Model 2
PR (95% CI)
Model 3
PR (95% CI)
Model 4
PR (95% CI)
Model 5
PR (95% CI)
Criminal Justice
Status 1.02 (0.92, 1.23 (1.08, 1.14 (1.00,
   Criminal Justice 1.13) 1.40)** 1.29)
Contact 0.90 (0.82,
Socio-demographics 0.80 (0.72, 0.99)* 0.85 (0.77,
   Male 0.88)*** 1.03 (1.03, 0.94)**
   Age 1.03 (1.03, 1.04)*** 1.03 (1.03,
   Married 1.03)*** 1.21 (1.09, 1.04)***
   US-Born 1.20 (1.08, 1.35)*** 1.21 (1.10,
Socioeconomic Status 1.32)** 1.50 (1.26, 1.34)***
   Education 1.51 (1.28, 1.78)*** 1.47 (1.24,
   Income 1.79)*** 1.75)***
   Employed 1.04 (0.93, 1.00 (0.91,
Stressors 0.98 (0.90, 1.16) 1.09) 1.00 (0.92,
   Family Stressor 1.07) 1.03 (0.94, 0.99 (0.89, 1.09)
   Neighborhood 0.95 (0.85, 1.14) 1.10) 1.00 (0.89,
Stressor 1.06) 1.16 (1.04, 0.97 (0.88, 1.11)
   Financial Stressor 0.97 (0.87, 1.30)** 1.07) 0.97 (0.88,
   Personal Stressor 1.08) 2.02 (1.70, 1.08)
2.40) 1.23 (1.09,
1.38)** 1.21 (1.08,
1.05 (0.96, 1.36)**
1.14) 1.04 (0.95,
1.32 (1.17, 1.13)
1.48)*** 1.30 (1.16,
1.17 (1.03, 1.47)***
1.33)* 1.16 (1.02,
1.31)*

Abbreviations: ORHP, Obesity-Related Health Problems, N, Sample Size; PR, Prevalence Ratio; CI, Confidence Interval; H/O, History Of; US, United States

*

p<.05

**

p<.01

***

p<.001