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

Global Journal of Cardiovascular Diseases | Vol 4, Issue 1

Table 4. Psychosocial determinations of childhood baseline body massindex at baseline, by race/ethnicity

Independent Variable		Dependent Variable	B	SE	[95%	CI]	P
Non-Latino White
Age (Years)	->	BMI	0.095	0.012	0.070	0.119	< 0.001
Gender (Male)	->	BMI	-0.015	0.013	-0.039	0.010	0.254
Family Income (1-10)	->	BMI	-0.086	0.017	-0.119	-0.054	0.000
Parental Education	->	BMI	-0.069	0.015	-0.098	-0.041	< 0.001
Married Household	->	BMI	-0.079	0.014	-0.106	-0.051	< 0.001
Median Income in Zip Code	->	BMI	-0.021	0.014	-0.047	0.006	0.124
Healthy Food in Zip Code	->	BMI	-0.030	0.014	-0.057	-0.003	0.032
UPPS Positive Urgency	->	BMI	0.005	0.017	-0.028	0.038	0.746
UPPS Lack of Planning	->	BMI	0.032	0.015	0.003	0.061	0.030
UPPS Sensation Seeking	->	BMI	-0.041	0.015	-0.070	-0.012	0.005
UPPS Negative Urgency	->	BMI	-0.002	0.016	-0.034	0.030	0.902
Intercept	->	BMI	5.763	0.399	4.980	6.545	< 0.001

Non-Latino Black
Age (Years)	->	BMI	0.089	0.023	0.043	0.135	< 0.001
Gender (Male)	->	BMI	-0.102	0.024	-0.149	-0.055	< 0.001
Family Income (1-10)	->	BMI	-0.007	0.035	-0.075	0.061	0.842
Parental Education	->	BMI	-0.045	0.030	-0.104	0.015	0.140
Married Household	->	BMI	-0.028	0.027	-0.080	0.024	0.290
Median Income in Zip Code	->	BMI	-0.025	0.027	-0.079	0.029	0.360
Healthy Food in Zip Code	->	BMI	-0.053	0.028	-0.109	0.002	0.060
UPPS Positive Urgency	->	BMI	-0.068	0.030	-0.125	-0.010	0.022
UPPS Lack of Planning	->	BMI	0.032	0.026	-0.019	0.082	0.224
UPPS Sensation Seeking	->	BMI	0.029	0.026	-0.023	0.080	0.275
UPPS Negative Urgency	->	BMI	0.041	0.029	-0.015	0.098	0.150
Intercept	->	BMI	2.992	0.692	1.637	4.348	< 0.001

Latino
Age (Years)	->	BMI	0.090	0.020	0.051	0.129	< 0.001
Gender (Male)	->	BMI	0.043	0.020	0.004	0.083	0.033
Family Income (1-10)	->	BMI	-0.093	0.029	-0.149	-0.037	0.001
Parental Education	->	BMI	-0.099	0.025	-0.149	-0.050	< 0.001
Married Household	->	BMI	-0.010	0.022	-0.053	0.033	0.641
Median Income in Zip Code	->	BMI	-0.026	0.023	-0.070	0.018	0.252
Healthy Food in Zip Code	->	BMI	0.020	0.022	-0.023	0.063	0.355
UPPS Positive Urgency	->	BMI	-0.002	0.027	-0.055	0.051	0.945
UPPS Lack of Planning	->	BMI	-0.001	0.023	-0.046	0.043	0.955
UPPS Sensation Seeking	->	BMI	-0.021	0.023	-0.066	0.025	0.375
UPPS Negative Urgency	->	BMI	-0.005	0.026	-0.056	0.047	0.862
Intercept	->	BMI	4.346	0.506	3.355	5.338	< 0.001

Asian
Age (Years)	->	BMI	0.019	0.063	-0.104	0.142	0.763
Gender (Male)	->	BMI	0.094	0.064	-0.030	0.219	0.138
Family Income (1-10)	->	BMI	-0.199	0.073	-0.341	-0.056	0.006
Parental Education	->	BMI	-0.144	0.069	-0.279	-0.009	0.037
Married Household	->	BMI	0.020	0.066	-0.108	0.149	0.756
Median Income in Zip Code	->	BMI	0.087	0.065	-0.040	0.215	0.180
Healthy Food in Zip Code	->	BMI	-0.027	0.065	-0.155	0.100	0.676
UPPS Positive Urgency	->	BMI	-0.060	0.081	-0.219	0.099	0.457
UPPS Lack of Planning	->	BMI	0.021	0.066	-0.109	0.151	0.751
UPPS Sensation Seeking	->	BMI	0.127	0.068	-0.006	0.260	0.061
UPPS Negative Urgency	->	BMI	-0.025	0.083	-0.187	0.137	0.759
Intercept	->	BMI	7.928	2.091	3.830	12.027	< 0.001

Other
Age (Years)	->	BMI	0.036	0.028	-0.018	0.090	0.186
Gender (Male)	->	BMI	-0.089	0.028	-0.144	-0.034	0.001
Family Income (1-10)	->	BMI	-0.101	0.044	-0.187	-0.014	0.023
Parental Education	->	BMI	-0.057	0.036	-0.128	0.015	0.121
Married Household	->	BMI	-0.076	0.034	-0.142	-0.009	0.026
Median Income in Zip Code	->	BMI	-0.083	0.033	-0.148	-0.017	0.013
Healthy Food in Zip Code	->	BMI	-0.010	0.033	-0.074	0.054	0.764
UPPS Positive Urgency	->	BMI	0.000	0.038	-0.074	0.074	0.994
UPPS Lack of Planning	->	BMI	-0.031	0.032	-0.093	0.032	0.336
UPPS Sensation Seeking	->	BMI	0.052	0.031	-0.010	0.113	0.099
UPPS Negative Urgency	->	BMI	-0.012	0.036	-0.083	0.059	0.745
Intercept	->	BMI	5.401	0.808	3.817	6.985	< 0.001

Note: BMI: Body Mass Index; UPPS: Urgency, (lack of) Premeditation, (lack of) Perseverance, Sensation Seeking, and Positive Urgency