When Common Becomes Normal: Weaker Association Between Neighborhood Stress and Body Mass Index Among Black Adolescents Compared to White Adolescents

Table 2.

Correlations Overall and by Race (Pearson)

  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

All                  

1 Black 1.00

2 Neighborhood Stress 0.30* 1.00

3 Male -0.02 -0.02 1.00

4 Age -0.01 -0.03* 0.02 1.00

5 Total Family Income -0.44* -0.37* 0.00 0.04* 1.00

6 Married Household -0.41* -0.25* 0.01 0.02 0.56* 1.00

7 Physical Activity -0.10* -0.07* 0.05* 0.07* 0.14* 0.10* 1.00

8 Neighborhood Income / 50000 -0.37* -0.39* 0.01 0.04* 0.45* 0.30* 0.11* 1.00

9 Body Mass Index (BMI) 0.21* 0.14* -0.03* 0.07* -0.26* -0.20* -0.06* -0.18* 1.00

White

1 Black - -

2 Neighborhood Stress - 1.00

3 Male - -0.04* 1.00

4 Age - -0.03* 0.02 1.00

5 Total Family Income - -0.27* -0.01 0.04* 1.00

6 Married Household - -0.13* 0.00 0.01 0.45* 1.00

7 Physical Activity - -0.05* 0.05* 0.08* 0.12* 0.06* 1.00

8 Neighborhood Income / 50000 - -0.28* 0.01 0.03* 0.33* 0.15* 0.07* 1.00

9 Body Mass Index (BMI) - 0.11* 0.00 0.07* -0.22* -0.16* -0.06* -0.13* 1.00

Black

1 Black -

2 Neighborhood Stress - 1.00

3 Male - 0.04* 1.00

4 Age - -0.03* 0.03* 1.00

5 Total Family Income - -0.31* 0.00 0.05* 1.00

6 Married Household - -0.19* 0.01 0.05* 0.51* 1.00

7 Physical Activity - -0.03* 0.04* 0.04* 0.09* 0.07* 1.00

8 Neighborhood Income / 50000 - -0.37* -0.02 0.06* 0.39* 0.23* 0.09* 1.00

9 Body Mass Index (BMI) - 0.05* -0.09* 0.07* -0.12* -0.07* 0.00 -0.08* 1.00

* p < 0.05