Psychosocial Correlates of Childhood Body Mass Index: Racial and Ethnic Differences

Table 3.

Psychosocial determinations of childhoodbaseline body mass index at baseline, Overall

Independent Variable   Dependent Variable Beta SE 95% CI p

Age (Years) -> BMI 0.080 0.009 0.062 0.097 < 0.001

Gender (Male) -> BMI -0.023 0.009 -0.040 -0.005 0.011

Family Income (1-10) -> BMI -0.120 0.014 -0.148 -0.092 < 0.001

Parental Education -> BMI -0.100 0.012 -0.123 -0.077 < 0.001

Married Household -> BMI -0.070 0.011 -0.091 -0.049 < 0.001

Median Income in Zip Code -> BMI -0.061 0.011 -0.082 -0.040 < 0.001

Healthy Food in Zip Code -> BMI -0.007 0.012 -0.030 0.016 0.556

UPPS Positive Urgency -> BMI -0.020 0.010 -0.040 0.000 0.052

UPPS Lack of Planning -> BMI 0.007 0.010 -0.013 0.027 0.479

UPPS Sensation Seeking -> BMI -0.011 0.010 -0.031 0.009 0.269

UPPS Negative Urgency -> BMI 0.004 0.011 -0.019 0.026 0.755

Intercept -> BMI 5.227 0.250 4.737 5.717 < 0.001

Note: UPPS: Urgency, (lack of) Premeditation, (lack of) Perseverance, Sensation Seeking, and Positive Urgency