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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Epidemiol. 2018 Sep 6;28(11):759–766.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2018.08.014

Table 5.

PCS at 40 – main effects and demographic interactions, weighted to 2004 (N = 5,682)

Base model Female interaction Race interaction cSES interaction
Variables Beta 95%CI p-value Beta 95%CI p-value Beta 95%CI P-value Beta 95%CI p-value
Constant 52.8
8
(52.45,53.31) <0.000
5
52.9
1
(52.45,53.36) <0.000
5
52.8
4
(52.40,53.29) <0.000
5
53.04 (52.60,53.48) <0.000
5
Education (yrs) 0.57 (0.46,0.68) <0.000
5
0.54 (0.41,0.67) <0.000
5
0.59 (0.46,0.72) <0.000
5
0.47 (0.36,0.59) <0.000
5
Female −1.34 (−1.78,−0.90) <0.000
5
−1.40 (−1.96,−0.83) <0.000
5
−1.33 (−1.77,−0.89) <0.000
5
−1.35 (−1.79,−0.91) <0.000
5
Non-Hispanic
Black
−0.12 (−0.65,0.42) 0.672 −0.12 (−0.66,0.42) 0.662 0.03 (−0.58,0.63) 0.924 −0.19 (−0.72,0.34) 0.488
Hispanic 0.74 (0.03,1.44) 0.040 0.74 (0.03,1.44) 0.040 0.81 (0.06,1.56) 0.035 0.73 (0.03,1.43) 0.042
Other Race /
missing
0.60 (−0.21,1.41) 0.147 0.60 (−0.21,1.41) 0.149 0.49 (−0.62,1.60) 0.385 0.64 (−0.18,1.45) 0.124
Childhood SES −1.06 (−1.63,−0.49) <0.000
5
−1.05 (−1.63,−0.48) <0.000
5
−1.06 (−1.63,−0.49) <0.000
5
−1.20 (−1.80,−0.60) <0.000
5
Southern birth −0.33 (−0.84,0.17) 0.196 −0.34 (−0.84,0.17) 0.195 −0.33 (−0.84,0.17) 0.198 −0.28 (−0.79,0.22) 0.272
Immigrant 1.00 (0.13,1.87) 0.025 1.00 (0.13,1.88) 0.025 1.00 (0.13,1.88) 0.024 1.00 (0.13,1.87) 0.024
Rural residence
at 14
0.41 (−0.11,0.92) 0.123 0.41 (−0.11,0.92) 0.123 0.42 (−0.10,0.93) 0.115 0.37 (−0.14,0.89) 0.157
Birth year −0.00 (−0.10,0.09) 0.925 −0.01 (−0.10,0.09) 0.921 −0.01 (−0.10,0.09) 0.919 −0.00 (−0.10,0.10) 0.968
Female *
education
0.05 (−0.16,0.26) 0.649
Non-Hispanic
Black *
education
−0.22 (−0.45,0.01) 0.063
Hispanic *
education
−0.13 (−0.41,0.14) 0.340
Other Race *
education
0.08 (−0.28,0.43) 0.667
cSES *
education
0.35 (0.07,0.62) 0.013

PCS is physical health component summary score.

Education is centered at 12, and birth year is centered at 1960 so the constant is interpretable.

Education is coded linearly as years of education; a 1-unit increase in education is a 1-year increase in schooling.