Resting-State Functional Connectivity Between the Cingulo-Opercular and Default Mode Networks May Explain Socioeconomic Inequalities in Cognitive Development

Table 1.

Summary of Structural Equation Model (SEM)

Independent Variable Dependent Variable B SE 95% CI p

Structural Paths            

Age CON-DMN rsFC -0.067 0.010 -0.086 -0.048 < 0.001

Male CON-DMN rsFC 0.123 0.010 0.104 0.142 < 0.001

Parent education years CON-DMN rsFC 0.010 0.012 -0.013 0.033 0.403

Married household CON-DMN rsFC -0.024 0.011 -0.045 -0.002 0.034

COI Educational (National) CON-DMN rsFC -0.033 0.012 -0.057 -0.009 0.007

Race/ethnicity Black CON-DMN rsFC 0.031 0.012 0.008 0.055 0.009

Race/ethnicity Latino CON-DMN rsFC -0.015 0.011 -0.037 0.007 0.174

Race/ethnicity Asian CON-DMN rsFC 0.017 0.010 -0.003 0.036 0.100

Race/ethnicity Other CON-DMN rsFC 0.010 0.010 -0.010 0.030 0.329

Intercept CON-DMN rsFC -0.009 0.195 -0.392 0.373 0.963


CON-DMN rsFC Cognition -0.035 0.009 -0.053 -0.017 < 0.001

Age Cognition 0.295 0.005 0.285 0.304 < 0.001

Male Cognition -0.035 0.008 -0.051 -0.018 < 0.001

Parent education years Cognition 0.299 0.010 0.280 0.317 < 0.001

Married household Cognition 0.078 0.009 0.060 0.097 < 0.001

COI Educational (National) Cognition 0.081 0.011 0.061 0.102 < 0.001

Race/ethnicity Black Cognition -0.139 0.010 -0.159 -0.119 < 0.001

Race/ethnicity Latino Cognition 0.010 0.010 -0.008 0.029 0.272

Race/ethnicity Asian Cognition 0.038 0.008 0.022 0.055 < 0.001

Race/ethnicity Other Cognition 0.003 0.009 -0.014 0.020 0.709

             

Measurement  

Cognition Reading 0.797 0.003 0.791 0.802 < 0.001

Cognition Total Composite 0.823 0.004 0.815 0.830 < 0.001

Cognition Fluid 0.817 0.004 0.808 0.825 < 0.001

Cognition Picture 0.692 0.004 0.685 0.700 < 0.001

Cognition Pattern 0.573 0.004 0.565 0.582 < 0.001

Cognition Card Sort 0.746 0.004 0.738 0.753 < 0.001

rsFC: resting state functional connectivity between the Cingulo-Opercular Network (CON) and Default Mode Network (DMN)