Table 3.
Associations between perceived social support and herpesvirus antibody titers
| HSV-1 |
EBV-VCA |
EBV-EA |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | β | 95% CI | β | 95% CI | β | 95% CI |
| Perceived social support | −0.05 | (−0.10, 0.01) | −0.06* | (−0.12, −0.01) | −0.02 | (−0.08, 0.03) |
| Female | 0.02 | (−0.09, 0.13) | 0.23*** | (0.12, 0.35) | 0.19** | (0.08, 0.31) |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 0.36*** | (0.18, 0.54) | 0.11 | (−0.08, 0.29) | 0.26** | (0.07, 0.44) |
| US-born Hispanic | 0.27*** | (0.15, 0.39) | 0.01 | (−0.11, 0.14) | 0.05 | (−0.08, 0.17) |
| Foreign-born Hispanic | 0.27** | (0.09, 0.46) | −0.10 | (−0.29, 0.09) | −0.04 | (−0.23, 0.14) |
| Married | −0.01 | (−0.12, 0.10) | −0.01 | (−0.12, 0.10) | −0.01 | (−0.12, 0.10) |
| Age | 0.15*** | (0.09, 0.21) | 0.11*** | (0.05, 0.17) | 0.13*** | (0.07, 0.20) |
| SES | −0.14*** | (−0.20, −0.09) | −0.05 | (−0.11, 0.01) | 0.06 | (−0.01, 0.12) |
| Health conditions | −0.01 | (−0.07, 0.06) | 0.01 | (−0.06, 0.07) | 0.03 | (−0.04, 0.09) |
| BMI | 0.05 | (−0.00, 0.11) | 0.07* | (0.01, 0.13) | 0.00 | (−0.06, 0.06) |
| Depressive symptoms | 0.03 | (−0.04, 0.10) | −0.02 | (−0.09, 0.05) | −0.03 | (−0.10, 0.04) |
| Smoked | −0.07 | (−0.18, 0.04) | 0.09 | (−0.03, 0.20) | 0.06 | (−0.05, 0.17) |
| Had physical activity | −0.03 | (−0.15, 0.09) | −0.02 | (−0.13, 0.10) | −0.07 | (−0.19, 0.05) |
| Sleep | 0.01 | (−0.05, 0.08) | 0.02 | (−0.05, 0.08) | −0.02 | (−0.09, 0.05) |
| R 2 | 0.09 | 0.04 | 0.04 | |||
Note. SES = socioeconomic status; BMI = body mass index; HSV-1 = herpes simplex virus type 1; EBV-VCA = Epstein-Barr virus viral capsid antigen; EBV-EA = Epstein-Barr virus early antigen.
*
p <.05
**
p < .01
***
p < .001.