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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ethn Health. 2017 Feb 23;23(7):737–751. doi: 10.1080/13557858.2017.1294660

Table 3.

Logistic Regression of Association of Structural Support Indices and Adverse Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Risk Factors

Major Cardiovascular Disease Risk factors

BMI≥30 Hypertension Hypercholesterolemia Current Smoker Abdominal Obesity
M1: Unadjusted OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI)

Total number (children, parents, in-laws) 1.04 (0.99–1.10) 0.92 (0.88–0.97) 0.96 (0.92–1.02) 0.91 (0.84–0.98) 0.94 (0.88–1.01)
Regular contact (children, parents, in-laws) 1.03 (0.98–1.09) 0.92 (0.87–0.97) 0.93 (0.88–0.98) 0.90 (0.83–0.97) 0.94 (0.88–1.01)
Close ties with extended family relatives 1.02 (0.98–1.06) 0.99 (0.95–1.02) 1.02 (0.98–1.06) 0.97 (0.92–1.02) 0.97 (0.92–1.02)

M2

Total number (children, parents, in-laws) 1.04(0.98–1.11) 0.99(0.93–1.05) 0.98(0.92–1.04) 0.98(0.89–1.07) 0.97(0.89–1.05)
Regular contact (children, parents, in-laws) 1.02(0.95–1.09) 0.97(0.91–1.03) 0.94(0.89–1.00) 0.98(0.89–1.07) 0.96(0.89–1.04)
Close ties with extended family relatives 1.03(0.98–1.08) 0.97(0.93–1.01) 1.03(0.98–1.08) 1.00(0.94–1.06) 1.01(0.95–1.06)

M3

Total number (children, parents, in-laws)* 1.05(0.99–1.11) 0.99(0.94–1.06) 0.98(0.92–1.04) 0.98(0.90–1.07) 0.97(0.89–1.05)
Regular contact (children, parents, in-laws)* 1.03(0.96–1.09) 0.98(0.92–1.05) 0.94(0.89–1.00) 0.98(0.89–1.08) 0.97(0.90–1.05)
Close ties with extended family relatives 1.04(0.99–1.09) 0.97(0.93–1.02) 1.03(0.98–1.08) 1.00(0.94–1.06) 1.01(0.95–1.07)

M4: Fully Adjusted

Total number (children, parents, in-laws)* 1.05(0.991.11) 1.00(0.94–1.06) 0.98(0.92–1.04) 0.97(0.89–1.07) 0.97(0.89–1.05)
Regular contact (children, parents, in-laws)* 1.03(0.96–1.09) 0.98(0.92–1.04) 0.94(0.89–1.00) 0.99(0.89–1.09) 0.97(0.90–1.05)
Close ties with extended family relatives 1.04(0.991.09) 0.97(0.92–1.01) 1.03(0.98–1.08) 1.01(0.95–1.07) 1.01(0.95–1.07)

M1: Unadjusted model.

M2: Adjusted for age, sex, Hispanic/Latino background, field center, income, education level, marital status, and acculturation.

M3: Adjusted for age, sex, Hispanic/Latino background, field center, income, education level, marital status, acculturation, physical health, and competing structural social index.

M4: Adjusted for age, sex, Hispanic/Latino background, field center, income, education level, marital status, acculturation, physical health (SF-12), structural social index, depressive symptoms, and anxiety.

*

Number of perceived close ties with extended family relatives included as a covariate in multivariate adjusted models, i.e., M3 and M4.

Total number of children, parents, and in-laws included as a covariate in multivariate adjusted models, i.e., M3 and M4.