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. 2020 May 7;11:100587. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2020.100587

Table 2.

Growth curve models for hand grip strength in men in the health and retirement study (N = 8847), 2006–2014.

Model A:
Cumulative
Model B:
Sensitive Perioda
Model C: Race*Cumulative
Model D:
Race*Sensitive Period
B SE B SE B SE B SE
Intercept 50.58*** 0.280 50.81*** 0.28 51.02*** 0.31 51.36*** 0.28
Number of Traumatic Events
Cumulative 0.14 0.112 0.05 0.13
Childhood Period −0.20 0.19 −0.31 0.21
Early/Emerging Period 0.09 0.24 −0.07 0.26
Race/Ethnicityb
Black −2.31*** 0.286 −2.3*** 0.286 −4.44** 0.75 −4.68*** 0.78
Hispanic −5.07*** 0.327 −5.0*** 0.328 −6.44*** 0.82 −6.46*** 0.87
Race/Ethnicity*Traumatic Events
Black*Cumulative 0.19 0.32
Hispanic*Cumulative 0.44 0.82
Black*Childhood Period 0.16 0.55
Black*Early/Emerging Period 1.52* 0.71
Hispanic*Childhood Period 1.26* 0.59
Hispanic*Early/Emerging Period −0.39 0.82



Rate of Change
Age −0.403*** 0.021 −0.406*** 0.02 −0.41*** 0.02 −0.43 0.02
Ageb −0.005*** 0.001 −0.005*** 0.001 -.004*** 0.001 −0.004*** 0.001
Number of Traumatic Events
Cumulative Trauma*Age −0.006 0.005 −0.004 0.005
Childhood Period*Age −0.004 0.009 −0.002 0.01
Early/Emerging Period*Age 0.006 0.01 0.013 0.013
Race/Ethnicity*Age
Black*Age 0.12** 0.08 0.13*** 0.08
Hispanic*Age 0.06 0.04 0.06 0.03
Race/Ethnicity*Traumatic Events*Age
Black*Cumulative*Age −0.006 0.02
Hispanic*Cumulative*Age −0.012 0.02
Black*Childhood Period*Age 0.008 0.03
Black*Early/Emerging Period*Age -.070* 0.04
Hispanic*Childhood Period*Age −0.05 0.03
Hispanic*Early/Emerging Period*Age 0.02 0.04
Goodness-of-Fit
BIC 146686.3 146,534 146712.3 146576.8

*p < .05.

**p < .01.

***p < .001.

aReference group is Midlife Period.

bReference group is White.