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. 2018 Jan;141(1):e20171703. doi: 10.1542/peds.2017-1703

TABLE 4.

Age at Menarche and Antisocial Behaviors in Adulthood

Proximal Influences Model Lingering Influences Model Increasing Influences Model
b SE 95% CI b SE 95% CI b SE 95% CI
Lower Upper Lower Upper Lower Upper
Intercept 3.64* 0.71* 2.24* 5.05* 0.70* 0.16* 0.38* 1.01* 0.57* 0.16* 0.26* 0.88*
Menarche −0.09* 0.04* −0.17* −0.01* −0.02* 0.01* −0.04* −0.001* −0.02 0.01 −0.04 0.00
Age at Wave I 0.01 0.04 −0.06 0.08 −0.02* 0.01* −0.04* −0.01* −0.02* 0.01* −0.04* −0.01*
Delinquency at Wave I 0.03* 0.01* 0.02* 0.05*
Maternal education level
 High school graduate −0.11 0.21 −0.53 0.32 0.05 0.04 −0.04 0.13 0.05 0.04 −0.03 0.13
 College graduate 0.12 0.21 −0.31 0.55 0.03 0.04 −0.05 0.12 0.03 0.04 −0.05 0.11
Father presence
 Absent since birth 0.23 0.19 −0.15 0.61 0.09 0.05 −0.02 0.19 0.08 0.05 −0.03 0.18
 Father left 0–5 y 0.46* 0.20* 0.05* 0.87* 0.12 0.06 −0.01 0.24 0.10 0.06 −0.03 0.23
 Father left 6–13 y 0.32 0.18 −0.03 0.66 0.02 0.04 −0.06 0.11 0.01 0.04 −0.07 0.10
Race and/or ethnicity
 African American 0.51* 0.25* 0.02* 1.00* 0.03 0.05 −0.06 0.13 0.02 0.05 −0.08 0.12
 Hispanic −0.19 0.17 −0.53 0.15 0.00 0.04 −0.08 0.07 0.003 0.04 −0.07 0.08
 Other race 0.66 0.28 0.11 1.21 −0.04 0.05 −0.13 0.06 −0.06 0.05 −0.15 −0.04
 Family income-to-needs ratio −0.01 0.02 −0.04 0.03 −0.001 0.003 −0.01 0.01 −0.002 0.003 −0.01 0.01
 AFDC receipt 0.09 0.25 −0.41 0.59 0.06 0.09 −0.12 0.23 0.05 0.09 −0.12 0.22

Analyses were conducted in Stata’s design-based weighting program to account for the clustered nature of the sample; this program does not provide R2 values. The proximal influences model uses antisocial behaviors measured at Wave I as the dependent variable; the lingering influences and increasing influences models use antisocial behaviors measured at Wave IV as the dependent variables. AFDC, Aid to Families with Dependent Children; CI, confidence interval. ; —, not applicable.

*

P < .05.