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When Common Becomes Normal: Weaker Association Between Neighborhood Stress and Body Mass Index Among Black Adolescents Compared to White Adolescents

Global Journal of Cardiovascular Diseases | Vol 3, Issue 1

Table 2. Correlations Overall and by Race (Pearson)

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
All
1 Black	1.00
2 Neighborhood Stress	0.30*	1.00
3 Male	-0.02	-0.02	1.00
4 Age	-0.01	-0.03*	0.02	1.00
5 Total Family Income	-0.44*	-0.37*	0.00	0.04*	1.00
6 Married Household	-0.41*	-0.25*	0.01	0.02	0.56*	1.00
7 Physical Activity	-0.10*	-0.07*	0.05*	0.07*	0.14*	0.10*	1.00
8 Neighborhood Income / 50000	-0.37*	-0.39*	0.01	0.04*	0.45*	0.30*	0.11*	1.00
9 Body Mass Index (BMI)	0.21*	0.14*	-0.03*	0.07*	-0.26*	-0.20*	-0.06*	-0.18*	1.00
White
1 Black	-	-
2 Neighborhood Stress	-	1.00
3 Male	-	-0.04*	1.00
4 Age	-	-0.03*	0.02	1.00
5 Total Family Income	-	-0.27*	-0.01	0.04*	1.00
6 Married Household	-	-0.13*	0.00	0.01	0.45*	1.00
7 Physical Activity	-	-0.05*	0.05*	0.08*	0.12*	0.06*	1.00
8 Neighborhood Income / 50000	-	-0.28*	0.01	0.03*	0.33*	0.15*	0.07*	1.00
9 Body Mass Index (BMI)	-	0.11*	0.00	0.07*	-0.22*	-0.16*	-0.06*	-0.13*	1.00
Black
1 Black	-
2 Neighborhood Stress	-	1.00
3 Male	-	0.04*	1.00
4 Age	-	-0.03*	0.03*	1.00
5 Total Family Income	-	-0.31*	0.00	0.05*	1.00
6 Married Household	-	-0.19*	0.01	0.05*	0.51*	1.00
7 Physical Activity	-	-0.03*	0.04*	0.04*	0.09*	0.07*	1.00
8 Neighborhood Income / 50000	-	-0.37*	-0.02	0.06*	0.39*	0.23*	0.09*	1.00
9 Body Mass Index (BMI)	-	0.05*	-0.09*	0.07*	-0.12*	-0.07*	0.00	-0.08*	1.00

* p < 0.05