Table 3.
Emotional support and socioeconomic variables predicting inflammation and metabolic composites (N=307)
| Income | Financial stress | |
|---|---|---|
| Inflammatory composite | ||
| Step 1 | ||
| Age | 0.01 (0.01) | 0.01 (0.01) |
| Race (Black) | 0.20 (0.13) | 0.20 (0.13) |
| Race (White) | −0.26 (0.11)* | −0.25 (0.11)* |
| Sex | −0.28 (0.13)* | −0.28 (0.13)* |
| Step 2 | ||
| SES | −0.07 (0.02)** | 0.12 (0.05)* |
| Disproportionate emotional support | 0.09 (0.05)* | 0.09 (0.05)* |
| Step 3 | ||
| Disproportionate emotional support x SES | −0.04 (0.02)* | 0.08 (0.04)* |
| Metabolic composite | ||
| Step 1 | ||
| Age | 0.02 (0.01)** | 0.02 (0.01)** |
| Race (Black) | 0.31 (0.10)** | 0.32 (0.10)** |
| Race (White) | −0.15 (0.09) | −0.14 (0.09) |
| Sex | −0.06 (0.11) | −0.06 (0.11) |
| Step 2 | ||
| SES | −0.06 (0.02)** | 0.15 (0.04)*** |
| Disproportionate emotional support | 0.01 (0.04) | 0.00 (0.04) |
| Step 3 | ||
| Disproportionate emotional support x SES | 0.00 (0.01) | 0.01 (0.03) |
Note: Reporting b(S.E.);
p<0.001,
p<0.01,
p<0.05.
SES=socioeconomic status variable (effect of income in column 1, effect of financial stress in column 2). Top half of table reports coefficients predicting the inflammatory composite as an outcome; bottom half of table reports coefficients predicting the metabolic composite as an outcome.