Race, Poverty Status at Birth, and DNA Methylation of Youth at Age 15

Table 2.

Bivariate Correlations

1 2 3 4 5 6

1 DNAm Grim (k6mk_pcgrim) at Age 15 1.00

2 Income to Poverty Ratio (High SEP) at Birth -0.12* 1.00

3 Black Race 0.12* -0.22* 1.00

4 Latino Ethnicity -0.02 -0.06* -0.45* 1.00

5 Married Household at Birth -0.09* 0.47* -0.18* -0.01 1.00

6 Male Sex 0.20 0.00 -0.07* -0.06* 0.04 1.00

DNAm: DNA Methylation, SEP: Socioeconomic Position, *p < 0.05, Pearson Correlation Test