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Table 3 Direct effects of the early educational indicator, student social skills, on the adult CMR composite, adjusted for socio-demographics, infant characteristics, parental SES, and child health status

From: Which aspects of education are health protective? a life course examination of early education and adulthood cardiometabolic health in the 30-year study of early child care and Youth Development (SECCYD)

 

DV: Adult CMR Composite

 

Beta

95% CI

p-value

Predictors

   

Socio-demographics

   

Biological sex (female vs. male)

-0.487***

-0.639, -0.335

< 0.001

Black (vs. white)

-0.015

-0.297, 0.268

0.916

Latino (vs. white)

0.101

-0.437, 0.237

0.546

Asian/PI (vs. white)

-0.035

-0.360, 0.291

0.834

‘Other’ (vs. white)

-0.073

-0.454, 0.307

0.700

Infant characteristics

   

Temperament

0.033

-0.124, 0.190

0.680

Intelligence

0.001

-0.004, 0.006

0.697

Parental SES

   

Parental education

-0.092*

-0.175, -0.008

0.032

Family income-to-needs ratio

-0.038*

-0.062, -0.003

0.030

Child health status

   

Gestational age

-0.033

-0.092, 0.026

0.264

Breastfeeding history

0.005

-0.007, 0.017

0.407

BMI percentile

0.006***

0.003, 0.009

< 0.001

General health rating

-0.024

-0.159, 0.110

0.728

Early education indicator

   

Student social skills

-0.009*

-0.16, -0.001

0.027

  1. *<0.05, **<0.01, ***<0.001
  2. CMR cardiometabolic risk; SES socioeconomic status; CI confidence interval; PI Pacific Islander; BMI body mass index