Table 3.

Association between US-Society Subjective Social Status, Objective Social Status, and Metabolic Syndrome Severity at Baseline and 8-Years Later, Independent of Demographic, Psychosocial, and Lifestyle Factors, n=1,724

	MetS Severity At Baseline				MetS Severity 8-Years Later
Parameter	Est	SE	t Value	P	Est	SE	t Value	P
Baseline MetS Severity	-	-	-	-	0.760	0.020	38.63	<.0001
US-Society SSS	−0.046	0.013	−3.39	0.0007	−0.008	0.011	−0.70	0.4811
Age	0.012	0.002	5.93	<.0001	−0.009	0.002	−5.29	<.0001
Male	−0.270	0.153	−1.77	0.0771	−0.282	0.124	−2.27	0.0236
Education: High School (HS)/Some college vs <HS	−0.104	0.079	−1.32	0.1885	0.006	0.064	0.09	0.9316
Education: Graduate/Professional vs <HS	−0.166	0.092	−1.81	0.0704	−0.045	0.075	−0.61	0.5438
Income >=25k vs < 25k	−0.085	0.056	−1.51	0.1311	0.013	0.046	0.29	0.7700
Nutrition: Intermediate vs Poor	0.070	0.047	1.48	0.1397	−0.003	0.038	−0.07	0.9453
Nutrition: Ideal vs Poor	0.051	0.205	0.25	0.8020	−0.161	0.167	−0.97	0.3326
Physical Activity: Intermediate vs Poor	−0.118	0.052	−2.28	0.0229	−0.041	0.042	−0.98	0.3272
Physical Activity: Ideal vs Poor	−0.155	0.060	−2.58	0.0098	−0.086	0.049	−1.77	0.0768
Current smoker: yes vs no	−0.080	0.076	−1.04	0.2968	0.063	0.062	1.01	0.3111
Alcohol Intake: yes vs no	0.050	0.047	1.05	0.2926	−0.019	0.038	−0.50	0.6160
Total Depressive Symptoms Score	0.005	0.003	1.69	0.0909	0.001	0.003	0.37	0.7125
Interaction: US-Society SSS*Male	0.046	0.023	2.01	0.0451	0.032	0.019	1.74	0.0829