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Published in final edited form as: J Health Soc Behav. 2019 Nov 26;60(4):434–452. doi: 10.1177/0022146519884538

Table 4.

Race-Ethnicity, Nativity Status, and the Social Determinants of Metabolic Dysregulation (N=3,412)

Basic Adj. M1+SES M1+Stressors M1+Behav. Fully Adj.
Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4 Model 5
Coeff. Coeff. Coeff. Coeff. Coeff.
(SE) (SE) (SE) (SE) (SE)
Racial/ethnic/immigrant disparity (US-born White is ref.)
 US-born Hispanics 0.144*** 0.106* 0.131** 0.143*** 0.096*
(0.043) (0.041) (0.044) (0.042) (0.041)
 Foreign-born Hispanics 0.088 0.051 0.086 0.089 0.047
(0.056) (0.055) (0.056) (0.055) (0.054)
 US-born Blacks 0.201*** 0.167*** 0.187*** 0.208*** 0.173***
(0.028) (0.028) (0.028) (0.028) (0.028)
Socio-demographic characteristics
 Age −0.002 −0.002* −0.000 −0.002* −0.002
(0.001) (0.001) (0.001) (0.001) (0.001)
 Gender (1=female) 0.033 0.022 0.039* 0.043* 0.032
(0.019) (0.019) (0.019) (0.020) (0.020)
 Marital status (1=married or partnered) −0.012 0.005 0.005 −0.017 0.006
(0.021) (0.022) (0.022) (0.021) (0.022)
Socioeconomic factors
 Education (HS is reference)
  <HS 0.001 0.011
(0.028) (0.028)
  Some college −0.011 −0.014
(0.023) (0.023)
  BA+ −0.129*** −0.130***
(0.026) (0.026)
 Total household wealth −0.000** −0.000*
(0.000) (0.000)
Stress exposure
 Lifetime traumas 0.085 0.036
(0.070) (0.069)
 Stressful life events 0.118 0.137
(0.085) (0.083)
 Financial strain 0.030* 0.007
(0.012) (0.013)
 Ongoing chronic strains 0.009 0.026
(0.027) (0.026)
 Everyday discrimination 0.031* 0.026
(0.015) (0.014)
 Major discrimination −0.051 −0.019
(0.075) (0.074)
Health behaviors
 Smoking (never smoker is ref.)
  Former smoker 0.058** 0.045*
(0.020) (0.020)
  Current smoker −0.058 −0.103**
(0.034) (0.034)

Model fit statistics
AIC 1.48E+08 1.48E+08 1.48E+08 1.48E+08 1.47E+08
***

p<0.001

**

p<0.01

*

p<0.05

Notes: N=3,412. Results based on weighted OLS regression models. Metabolic dysregulation assessed in 2010–2012; all other covariates measured in 2004–2008.