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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Health Place. 2018 Aug 30;53:182–192. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2018.08.012
  weighted AL in 2009
Model 1
Model 2
Independent variables in 2009 β RSE β RSE
Age (centered) 0.156 0.006 *** 0.152 0.006 ***
Age-squared −0.003 0.003 −0.005 0.003
Male (ref: female) 0.030 0.017 0.070 0.021 **
Married (ref: no) −0.034 0.021 −0.034 0.021
Education (ref: no)        
 Elementary school 0.035 0.027 0.030 0.027
 Middle school 0.016 0.028 0.007 0.028
 High school or equivalent −0.021 0.032 −0.033 0.031
 College or above −0.096 0.047 * −0.113 0.047 *
Occupation (ref: farmer)        
 Unemployed 0.137 0.020 *** 0.093 0.023 ***
 Unskilled 0.017 0.022 −0.019 0.024
 Skilled/Professional 0. 072 0.026 ** 0.032 0.028
Household income per capita (ref: poorest)        
 2nd quartile −0.019 0.020 −0.021 0.020
 3rd quartile 0.020 0.022 0.016 0.022
 4th quartile (richest) 0.054 0.025 * 0.049 0.025 *
Urbanization index (z-score) 0.044 0.012 *** 0.030 0.012 *
Urban (ref: rural) 0.057 0.027 * 0.055 0.028 *
Smoking (ref: none)        
 < 1 pack per day     −0.082 0.024 **
 >= 1 pack per day     −0.030 0.024
Drinking (ref: none)        
 Monthly     −0.015 0.021
 Weekly     0.004 0.026
 Daily     −0.016 0.030
Work-related PA (ref: very light)        
 Light     −0.024 0.022
 Moderate     −0.021 0.026
 Heavy or very heavy     −0.097 0.027 ***
Leisure PA (ref: no)     −0.035 0.029
% of daily energy intake from fat     0.002 0.001 *
Region (ref: inland)        
 Northeast 0.058 0.025 * 0.057 0.025 *
 Coastal 0.018 0.025 0.022 0.025
 Mountainous South −0.036 0.026 −0.026 0.025
Constant 0.642 0.04 *** 0.679 0.052 ***
σ (random effects) 0.085 0.01 *** 0.084 0.01 ***
σ (residual) 0.619 0.008 *** 0.617 0.008 ***

Notes: AL = allostatic load; RSE = robust standard error; PA = physical activity.

p<.1

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p<.05

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p<.01

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p<.001