Table 2.

Linear Regression Models Testing Independent Relationship Between Race, Gender, and SES With C-Reactive Protein at Baseline and Over 4 Years in the HRS (n = 6,521)

	Baseline				Follow-up
	Model 1		Model 2		Model 1		Model 2
	b	SE	b	SE	b	SE	b	SE
Constant	0.449**	0.158	−0.330*	0.137	0.176	0.129	−0.048	0.131
Blacka	0.212**	0.064	0.138*	0.058	0.015	0.049	−0.008	0.048
Womanb	0.251***	0.034	0.308***	0.037	−0.019	0.028	0.008	0.029
Educationc
Less than HS	0.239***	0.055	0.098	0.055	0.130**	0.040	0.079*	0.040
HS education	0.117**	0.044	0.057	0.043	0.085*	0.036	0.063	0.036
Income tertiled
Low	0.060	0.054	0.018	0.048	0.084*	0.035	0.061	0.035
Middle	0.117**	0.043	0.077*	0.038	0.070*	0.031	0.049	0.033

Notes: HRS = Health and Retirement Study; HS = high school; SES = socioeconomic status. Data are pooled from the 2006 and 2008 waves of the Health and Retirement Study (HRS). Analyses were weighted to adjust for differential selection into study. Model 1 adjusted for age, marital status, and wealth. Model 2 adjusted for age, marital status, wealth, alcohol use, smoking status, physical inactivity, overweight/obesity, CES-D, and comorbid chronic conditions.

^aNon-Hispanic White is the reference category. ^bMen are the reference category. ^cSome college or more is the reference category. ^dHigh income is the reference category.

Significance levels for two-tailed tests of coefficients: *p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001.