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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2021 May 21;281:114059. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114059

Table 2.

Ordinary Least Squares Regression Results Predicting Log10 CRP in Females in a Nationally Representative Sample of Early Mid-Adults in the US, 2016–18.

Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4
BMI (Wave 5) 0.04***
[0.04,0.04]		 0.04***
[0.03,0.04]		 0.04***
[0.04,0.04]
Infectious Symptoms 0.11***
[0.06,0.17]		 0.13***
[0.06,0.19]		 0.11***
[0.05,0.16]		 0.09**
[0.04,0.15]
Age −0.02
[−0.03,0.00]		 −0.02*
[−0.03,−0.00]		 −0.01
[−0.02,0.00]
Race/Ethnicity (Reference=White)
Black 0.17***
[0.11,0.24]		 0.00
[−0.07,0.06]		 0.00
[−0.06,0.07]
Hispanic 0.05
[−0.06,0.16]		 0.00
[−0.10,0.09]		 0.00
[−0.09,0.09]
Asian/Pacific Islander −0.07
[−0.25,0.12]		 −0.03
[−0.18,0.12]		 −0.02
[−0.17,0.13]
Education (Reference=College)
< HS, HS, or GED 0.25***
[0.16,0.34]		 0.08*
[0.00,0.16]		 0.10*
[0.02,0.18]
Some College 0.15***
[0.08,0.22]		 0.03
[−0.02,0.09]		 0.05
[−0.00,0.10]
Foreign-born −0.13
[−0.34,0.08]		 −0.06
[−0.23,0.12]		 −0.05
[−0.21,0.10]
Pregnant 0.41***
[0.29,0.53]
Smoked 0.05
[−0.02,0.12]
Prescription Contraceptive Use 0.31***
[0.23,0.39]
Anti-Inflammatory Use 0.00
[−0.04,0.05]
Constant −0.87***
[−0.97,−0.78]		 0.76*
[0.15,1.37]		 −0.27
[−0.75,0.21]		 −0.48*
[−0.92,−0.04]
R-squared 0.35 0.06 0.36 0.40
N 2599 2599 2599 2599
*

p<.05

**

p<.01

***

p<.001

Note: 95% CI’s shown in brackets. “Some College” includes some vocational school, completed vocational training, and associate or junior college degree.