Table 3 Results of regression models predicting BMI, visceral fat and central adiposity in the ABSoRD sample.
From: Educational quality may be a closer correlate of cardiometabolic health than educational attainment
Model & predictor variables | BMI | Visceral fat | Waist circumference | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
beta [95% CI] | B | F/∆F | df/∆df | R2 | beta [95% CI] | B | F/∆F | df/∆df | R2 | beta [95% CI] | B | F/∆F | df/∆df | R2 | |
Model 1: Demographics | 2.34* | 3 | .07 | 13.70* | 3 | .31 | 6.26* | 3 | .17 | ||||||
Age | .09 [.02, .16] | .26* | .14 [.08, .19] | .47* | .41 [.21, .61] | .39* | |||||||||
Sex | .41 [−2.09, 2.90] | .03 | −2.98 [−4.78, −1.18] | −.29* | −5.30 [−12.54, 1.93] | −.14 | |||||||||
Race | −1.14 [−2.89, .60] | −.14 | −.97 [−2.23, .29] | −.14 | −1.71 [−6.76, 3.35] | −.07 | |||||||||
Model 2: + Edu Quality | 9.71* | 1 | .16 | 7.66* | 1 | .36 | 7.86* | 1 | .24 | ||||||
Age | .08 [.01, .15] | .23* | .13 [.08, .18] | .45* | .39 [.19, .59] | .37* | |||||||||
Sex | −.08 [−2.48, 2.33] | −.01 | −3.30 [−5.05, −1.55] | −.32* | −6.58 [−13.62, .46] | −.17 | |||||||||
Race | −.11 [−1.90, 1.68] | −.01 | −.30 [−1.61, 1.00] | −.04 | 1.01 [−4.24, 6.26] | .04 | |||||||||
Educational Quality | −.11 [−.19, −.04] | −.32* | −.07 [−.13, −.02] | −.25* | −.30 [−.51, −.09] | −.28* | |||||||||
Model 3: + Edu Attainment | .05 | 1 | .16 | .00 | 1 | .36 | .06 | 1 | .24 | ||||||
Age | .08 [.01, .15] | .24* | .13 [.08, .18] | .45* | .39 [.19, .58] | .37* | |||||||||
Sex | −.05 [−2.48, 2.38] | .00 | −3.30 [−5.07, −1.53] | −.32* | −6.67 [−13.58, .45] | −.18 | |||||||||
Race | −.11 [−1.91, 1.70] | −.01 | −.31 [−1.62, 1.01] | −.04 | .99 [−4.29, 6.27] | .04 | |||||||||
Educational Quality | −.12 [−.20, −.04] | −.34* | −.07 [−.13, −.01] | −.25* | −.29 [−.53, −.04] | −.26* | |||||||||
Educational Attainment | .13 [−1.03, 1.30] | .03 | −.01 [−.86, .84] | .00 | −.42 [−3.82, 2.99] | −.03 | |||||||||
