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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jun 23.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2014 Sep 6;127:150–158. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.09.009

Table 4.

Estimates from quantile regression models with interaction term for GRS and degree.a

P10 P25 P50 P75 P90
HbA1c
GRS 0.05b (0.00 −0.12) 0.08b (0.04 −0.13) 0.13b (0.09 −0.17) 0.16b (0.10 −0.22) 0.30b (0.19 −0.42)
Degree: Less than HS −0.03 (−0.02 to 0.09) −0.05b (0.01–0.10) 0.04 (−0.01 to 0.08) 0.09b (0.00 −0.17) 0.13 (−0.05 to 0.31)
Degree: HS/GED Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference
Degree: College −0.02 (−0.06 to 02.02) −0.05b (−0.08 to 0.02) −0.09b (−0.12 to −0.05) −0.12b (−0.17 to −0.08) −0.24b (−0.33 to −0.15)
GRS*Less than HS 0.09 (−0.03 to 0.22) 0.12b (0.03 −0.21) 0.11b (0.02 −0.19) 0.18 (−0.01 to 0.37) 0.26 (−0.04 to 0.56)
GRS*College −0.02 (−0.11 to 0.07) −0.01b (−0.08 to 0.05) −0.04b (−0.12 to 0.03) −0.04 (−0.14 to 0.06) −0.06 (−0.24 to 0.13)
Constant 5.60 5.86 6.57 7.70 8.94
n 8207 8207 8207 8207 8207
BMI
GRS 0.05b (0.25 −0.83) 0.87b (0.62 −1.12) 1.04b (0.73 −1.35) 1.20b (0.84 −1.56) 1.24b (0.62 −1.85)
Degree: Less than HS 0.51 (0.19 −0.84) 0.18b (−0.12 to 0.48) 0.25 (−0.13 to 0.64) 0.64b (0.12 −1.17) 1.25b (0.45 −2.06)
Degree: HS/GED Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference
Degree: College −0.43b (−0.69 to −0.16) −1.01b (−1.22 to −0.80) −1.34b (−1.68 to −1.01) −1.39b (−1.78 to −1.00) −1.46b (−2.01 to −0.91)
GRS*Less than HS 0.18 (−0.39 to 0.74) 0.02 (−0.53 to 0.58) 0.09 (−0.60 to 0.77) 0.33 (−0.53 to 1.20) 0.88 (−0.61 to 2.37)
GRS*College −0.09 (−0.56 to 0.37) −0.36 (−0.76 to 0.05) −0.17 (−0.67 to 0.33) −0.15 (−0.76 to 0.46) 0.09 (−1.01 to 1.19)
Constant 33.17 33.03 34.53 37.35 42.07
n 8374 8374 8374 8374 8374
a

Models included age at time of outcome assessment as a continuous variable, a quadratic term for age, a binary variable for year of HbA1c outcome assessment (2006 vs. 2008), gender and six eigenvector variables reflecting differences in population distribution of risk.

b

p < 0.05.