Table 3.
Incidence Rate Ratios of Allostatic Load Scores from Negative Binomial Regression Models, Wave IV of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (N = 11,807)*.
| Model 1 (IRR; 95% CI) |
Model 2 (IRR; 95% CI) |
Model 3 (IRR; 95% CI) |
Model 4 (IRR; 95% CI) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | |
| Race/Ethnicity | |||||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 1.00 [Referent] | 1.00 [Referent] | 1.00 [Referent] | 1.00 [Referent] | 1.00 [Referent] | 1.00 [Referent] | 1.00 [Referent] | 1.00 [Referent] | |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 0.99 [0.93,1.06] | 1.22 [1.15,1.29] ‡ | 0.98 [0.92,1.04] | 1.18 [1.12,1.25] ‡ | 0.94 [0.88,1.00] | 1.15 [1.09,1.21] ‡ | 0.91 [0.81,1.03] | 1.12 [0.97,1.29] ‡ | |
| Mexican Origin | 1.06 [0.95,1.18] | 1.12 [1.01,1.24] | 1.04 [0.93,1.15] | 1.06 [0.95,1.17] | 1.04 [0.93,1.16] | 1.06 [0.95,1.18] | 1.09 [0.93,1.28] | 1.00 [0.88,1.13] | |
| Educational Attainment | |||||||||
| H.S. diploma or less | 1.00 [Referent] | 1.00 [Referent] | 1.00 [Referent] | 1.00 [Referent] | 1.00 [Referent] | 1.00 [Referent] | |||
| Some college | 1.02 [0.97,1.09] | 0.87 [0.82,0.92] ‡ | 1.03 [0.97,1.10] | 0.88 [0.83,0.94] ‡ | 1.05 [0.98,1.12] | 0.87 [0.80,0.95] ‡ | |||
| College degree or more | 0.85 [0.79.0.91] | 0.72 [0.67,0.77] ‡ | 0.86 [0.80,0.93] | 0.73 [0.68,0.79] ‡ | 0.83 [0.76,0.90] | 0.71 [0.65,0.78] ‡ | |||
| Race/Ethnicity × Education | |||||||||
| White H.S. diploma or less | 1.00 [Referent] | 1.00 [Referent] | |||||||
| Black some college | 0.96 [0.82,1.13] | 1.01 [0.85,1.21] | |||||||
| Black college degree or more | 1.28 [1.06,1.56] | 1.08 [0.92,1.27] ‡ | |||||||
| Mexican some college | 0.87 [0.71,1.07] | 1.03 [0.87,1.23] | |||||||
| Mexican college degree or more | 1.05 [0.82,1.36] | 1.27 [0.99,1.63] | |||||||
| Age (referent is age 24) | 1.03 [1.02,1.05] | 1.03 [1.01,1.04] | 1.03 [1.02,1.05] | 1.03 [1.01,1.04] | |||||
| Nativity | |||||||||
| U.S.-born | 1.00 [Referent] | 1.00 [Referent] | 1.00 [Referent] | 1.00 [Referent] | |||||
| Foreign-born | 0.91 [0.79,1.05] | 0.90 [0.77,1.04] | 0.90 [0.78,1.03] | 0.91 [0.78,1.06] | |||||
| Recency of doctor visit | |||||||||
| Last year | 1.00 [Referent] | 1.00 [Referent] | 1.00 [Referent] | 1.00 [Referent] | |||||
| 1–2 years ago | 0.99 [0.92,1.06] | 0.96 [0.90,1.03] | 0.99 [0.92,1.06] | 0.96 [0.90,1.03] | |||||
| >2 years ago or never | 0.91 [0.87,0.96] | 0.95 [0.89,1.02] | 0.91 [0.87,0.96] | 0.95 [0.89,1.02] | |||||
| Smoking behavior | |||||||||
| Non-smoker | 1.00 [Referent] | 1.00 [Referent] | 1.00 [Referent] | 1.00 [Referent] | |||||
| Current smoker | 0.99 [0.94,1.05] | 1.00 [0.93,1.07] | 0.99 [0.94,1.05] | 1.00 [0.93,1.07] | |||||
| Alcohol consumption past 12 mos. | |||||||||
| Non-drinker | 1.00 [Referent] | 1.00 [Referent] | 1.00 [Referent] | 1.00 [Referent] | |||||
| 1-2 drinks/week or less | 0.91 [0.86,0.97] | 0.93 [0.89,0.98] | 0.91 [0.86,0.97] | 0.93 [0.89,0.98] | |||||
| >2 drinks/week | 0.88 [0.81,0.96] | 0.83 [0.73,0.95] | 0.88 [0.81,0.96] | 0.84 [0.74,0.95] | |||||
| Constant | 3.30 [3.20,3.40] | 2.79 [2.67,2.91] | 3.42 [3.27,3.57] | 3.32 [3.13,3.51] | 1.60 [1.07,2.40] | 1.65 [1.05,2.60] | 1.61 [1.08,2.40] | 1.67 [1.06,2.62] | |
| F (2, 123.8) = 0.72 | F (2, 123.8) = 25.6 | F (4, 124.4) = 7.7 | F (4, 125.1) = 37.9 | F (11, 125.6) = 7.1 | F (11,125.6) = 18.8 | F (15, 125.6) = 6.6 | F (15, 125.6) = 14.3 | ||
| Prob > F = 0.49 | Prob > F = 0.00 | Prob > F = 0.00 | Prob > F = 0.00 | Prob > F = 0.00 | Prob > F = 0.00 | Prob > F = 0.00 | Prob > F = 0.00 | ||
Abbreviations: IRR = Incidence Rate Ratio; CI = Confidence Interval, H.S. = High School
∗IRRs are based on weighted data.
‡ Denotes variable's effect on the IRR significantly differs by gender at the p < .05 level.