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Table 3 Standardized estimates (β) of the effects of health behaviors on depressed mood at age 40 across models 1 to 5

From: Socioeconomic differences in adolescent health behaviors and their effect on inequalities in adult depressed mood: findings from a 27-year longitudinal study

 

Model 1

(Correlational model)

Model 2

(with gender and parental SES indicators)

Model 3

(with health behaviors)

Model 4

(adjusted for parental and peer support)

Model 5

(adjusted for adolescent depressed mood)

Gender

-

0.04 [-0.06, 0.13]

− 0.02 [-0.11,0.08]

− 0.04 [-0.13,0.05]

− 0.05 [-0.14, 0.04]

Parental education

-

− 0.12* [-0.22, − 0.03]

− 0.11* [-0.20,-0.13]

− 0.09* [-0.18,0.00]

− 0.08 [-0.17, 0.01]

Household income

-

− 0.04 [-0.19, 0.11]

− 0.01 [-0.16,0.14]

0.01 [-0.14,0.16]

0.03 [-0.12, 0.17]

Smoking

-

-

0.07 [0.09,0.24]

0.06 [-0.10,0.22]

0.04 [-0.13, 0.20]

Alcohol consumption

-

-

− 0.05 [-0.18,0.08]

− 0.07 [-0.19,0.06]

− 0.06 [-0.19, 0.07]

LTPA

-

-

− 0.12* [-0.22,0.02]

− 0.10 [-0.21,0.01]

− 0.09 [-0.20, 0.01]

Difficulties falling asleep

-

-

0.10* [0.00,0.21]

0.07 [-0.03,0.01]

0.03 [-0.07, 0.14]

Breakfast regularity

-

-

− 0.15* [-0.29,0.01]

− 0.14 [-0.27,0.00]

− 0.10 [-0.25, 0.04]

Parental closeness

-

-

-

− 0.15** [-0.26,-0.05]

− 0.10 [-0.21, 0.01]

Peer acceptance

-

-

-

− 0.07 [-0.18,0.04]

− 0.02 [-0.13, 0.09]

Adolescent depressed mood

-

-

-

-

0.22*** [0.10, 0.34]

Pearson correlations between indicators of adult SES and depressed mood

     

Adult depressed mood and adult education

− 0.23***

[-0.34, − 0.13]

− 0.20***

[-0.30, − 0.09]

− 0.17**

[-0.27,.-0.07]

− 0.17**

[-0.26,-0.07]

− 0.16***

[-0.26, − 0.06]

Adult depressed mood and adult income

− 0.26***

[-0.36, − 0.16]

− 0.24***

[-0.35, − 0.14]

− 0.21***

[-0.32,-0.10]

− 0.20***

[-0.31,-0.09]

− 0.19**

[-0.30, − 0.08]

  1. Note. Standardized estimates are presented with 95% confidence intervals in brackets. Estimates in bold are significantly different from zero (***p <.001, **p <.01, *p <.05). LTPA = Leisure time physical activity