Table 2.

Results of Regression Analyses Examining Prospective Associations Between Social Integration With Peers During Childhood and Adolescence and Blood Pressure and Body Mass Index (BMI) in Adulthood

		Systolic blood pressure			Diastolic blood pressure			(ln)BMI
Model and predictor	b	β	SE	b	β	SE	b	β	SE
Model 1
Race	−3.36	−0.13*	1.74	−3.49	−0.18*	1.35	0.02	0.05	0.03
Peer social integration (ages 7–16 years)	−0.89	−0.14*	0.43	−0.66	−0.13 *	0.33	−0.02	−0.18 *	0.007
Stratification group (age 6 years)	−0.94	−0.04	1.65	−0.94	−0.05	1.27	0.000	0.000	0.03
Socioeconomic status (ages 7–9 years)	0.11	0.09	0.08	0.03	0.03	0.06	0.001	0.06	0.001
Childhood BMI (ages 7–9 years)	0.50	0.20*	0.16	0.06	0.03	0.12	0.01	0.29*	0.003
Model 2
Race	−3.3	−0.13*	1.76	−3.45	1.35*	1.35	0.02	0.05	0.03
Peer social integration (ages 7–16 years)	−0.93	−0.14 *	0.43	−0.64	−0.13†	0.33	−0.02	−0.18 *	0.007
Stratification group (age 6 years)	−0.92	−0.04	1.66	−0.94	−0.04	1.27	0.00	−0.001	0.029
Socioeconomic status (ages 7–9 years)	0.10	0.08	0.081	0.03	0.03	0.06	0.001	0.06	0.001
Childhood BMI (ages 7–9 years)	0.49	0.20*	0.16	0.06	0.03	0.125	0.013	0.29*	0.003
Social integration in adulthood (age 32 years)	−0.03	−0.02	0.095	0.05	0.04	0.073	0.00	−0.02	0.002

Note: For Model 1, the R² values for systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, and BMI were .09, .06, and .11, respectively. For Model 2, the R² values were also .09, .06, and .11, respectively. Standard errors are for the unstandardized coefficients. Boldface type indicates the predictor variable of interest and statistically significant associations between this variable and the specified outcomes; (ln)BMI is the natural log transformation of BMI.

^†p = .06. *p < .05.