Table 2.

Regression Models Predicting Adult Outcomes From Childhood Neighborhood Characteristics and Parenting

Variable	Cortisol β	BMI β	CRP β	CRP methylation index β
Step 1
Neighborhood poverty	−0.19***	−0.08	0.10	−0.04
Neighborhood disorder	0.02	0.00	−0.06	0.11**
Harsh discipline	−0.05	0.02	0.01	−0.03
Inconsistent discipline	−0.05	0.02	0.03	0.02
Parental nurturance	−0.01	0.05	0.03	−0.02
Step 2a
N Poverty × Harsh	−0.02	0.07	−0.10*	0.01
N Poverty × Inconsistent	0.10*	0.05	0.09*	0.00
N Poverty × Nurturance	0.04	−0.07	−0.14***	−0.09*
Step 2b
N disorder × Harsh	0.04	−0.03	−0.02	−0.01
N disorder × Inconsistent	0.03	0.07*	0.17**	0.08*
N disorder × Nurturance	0.06	−0.02	−0.05	0.00

Note: Boldface indicates statistical significance (*p<0.05; **p<0.01; ***p<0.001). N=305. All models adjust for sex, race, parental education, family income, single parent household, child BMI percentile, and parent BMI in childhood, as well as age and BMI in adulthood. Cortisol models also adjust for current smoking and time of day; methylation models adjust for history of smoking and cell types in saliva samples.

CRP, C-Reactive Protein.