Table 3. Linear regression model predicting midlife allostatic load from early life biomedical and social factors, combineda.
| Men (N = 726) | Women (N = 922) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| β [95% CI] | % Incr. R2 | β [95% CI] | % Incr. R2 | |
| Model 3. Combined model | Model R2 = 0.0844 | Model R2 = 0.0950 | ||
| Maternal smoking in the final trimester | -0.02 [-0.417; 0.378] | 0.01% | 0.33 [-0.051; 0.716]† | 0.27% |
| Gestational age, weeks | 0.06 [-0.041; 0.157] | 0.18% | 0.08 [-0.032; 0.184] | 0.23% |
| Complications at birth | -0.20 [-0.844; 0.437] | 0.04% | 0.83 [0.201; 1.456]** | 0.65% |
| Hospital stay in the first year | 0.20 [-0.321; 0.718] | 0.04% | -0.16 [-0.710; 0.398] | 0.04% |
| Birth weight, grams | -0.0003 [-0.001; 0.0001] | 0.36% | -0.001 [-0.001; -0.00004]* | 0.53% |
| Maternal BMI | 0.19 [0.113; 0.268]*** | 3.63% | 0.08 [0.014; 0.152]* | 0.58% |
| Duration of breastfeeding, months | -0.01 [-0.091; 0.068] | 0.01% | -0.01 [-0.078; 0.061] | 0.00% |
| Maternal age at birth | -0.01 [-0.044; 0.023] | 0.41% | -0.01 [-0.043; 0.021] | 0.00% |
| Attitude towards the pregnancy, unwanted | -0.47 [-0.910; -0.023]* | 0.45% | -0.19 [-0.584; 0.214] | 0.00% |
| Marital status of mother at conception, single | 0.33 [-0.244; 0.912] | 0.00% | 0.03 [-0.484; 0.546] | 0.00% |
| Change in marital status, conception to 1 year | -0.01 [-0.731; 0.721] | 0.00% | 0.58 [-0.068; 1.219]† | 0.38% |
| Not living with parents at 1 year | -0.10 [-1.056; 0.848] | 0.02% | 1.12 [0.131; 2.116]* | 0.41% |
| Parental SEP at 1 year | -0.20 [-0.320; -0.070]** | 1.28% | -0.23 [-0.335; -0.115]*** | 1.73% |
Note. % Increment R2 reflects the variable-unique explained variance.
aUnstandardized coefficients based on Full Information Maximum Likelihood (FIML) estimation, adjusted for age at follow-up, time of blood draw, and fasting status within two hours of blood draw.
† p < .10
* p < .05
** p < .01
*** p < .001