Table 2.
Allostatic load regressed on neighborhood poverty, neighborhood environment stress, and acute life events, and alcohol use*
| Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate (SE) | p-value | Estimate (SE) | p-value | Estimate (SE) | p-value | Estimate (SE) | p-value | |
| INTRCPT2, | 2.436 (0.120) | 0.000 | 2.442 (0.124) | 0.000 | 2.261 (0.154) | 0.000 | 2.488 (0.145) | 0.000 |
| Level 2 (BG) | ||||||||
| % Neighborhood Poverty | 0.012 (0.005) | 0.019 | 0.011 (0.006) | 0.066 | 0.011 (0.005) | 0.030 | 0.010 (0.006) | 0.086 |
| Level 1 (individual) | ||||||||
| Household poverty | 0.301 (0.116) | 0.010 | 0.308 (0.115) | 0.008 | 0.283 (0.116) | 0.016 | 0.268 (0.118) | 0.023 |
| Behavior Measures | ||||||||
| Alcohol Use (1=any) | -0.323 (0.117) | 0.007 | ||||||
| Stress Measures | ||||||||
| Neighborhood Environment Stress | 0.151 (0.070) | 0.031 | 0.144 (0.070) | 0.039 | ||||
| Acute Life Events | 0.233 (0.119) | 0.051 | 0.216 (0.127) | 0.088 | ||||
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| Sigma_squared | 1.56 0.036 | 1.55 0.039 | 1.55 0.037 | 1.53 0.039 | ||||
a
Control variables include neighborhood percent African American and percent Latino, and individual age, gender, household income below poverty, education, race and ethnicity.