Influence of Parent Stressors on Adolescent Obesity in African American Youth

Table 6

Association between parent exposure to stressors and child waist circumference (N = 111) and BMI (N = 122).

Exposure	BMI^a			Waist circumference
Stressors	Β(SE)^b		R-square	Β(SE)		R-square
Financial
Age-adjusted	0.25(0.24)	0.31	0.02	0.79(0.63)	0.21	0.02
Multivariate-adjusted^c	0.40(0.24)	0.11	0.19	1.21(0.65)	0.07	0.23
Legal
Age-adjusted	0.64(0.86)	0.46	0.01	1.65(2.21)	0.46	0.01
Multivariate-adjusted	0.67(0.88)	0.44	0.18	1.91(2.23)	0.39	0.20
Career
Age-adjusted	0.04(0.59)	0.94	0.006	0.79(1.56)	0.61	0.007
Multivariate-adjusted	0.26(0.60)	0.66	0.17	1.15(1.57)	0.47	0.20
Relationships
Age-adjusted	0.31(0.56)	0.58	0.009	0.34(1.44)	0.81	0.005
Multivariate-adjusted	0.27(0.58)	0.64	0.17	0.48(1.44)	0.74	0.20
Safety in the home
Age-adjusted	1.55(1.09)	0.16	0.02	3.02(2.77)	0.28	0.02
Multivariate-adjusted	2.37(1.24)	0.06	0.21	4.17(3.17)	0.19	0.21
Safety in the community
Age-adjusted	0.90(0.46)	0.05	0.04	2.55(1.19)	0.03	0.05
Multivariate-adjusted	1.20(0.47)	0.01	0.22	2.86(1.18)	0.02	0.24
Stressor-adjusted^d	0.78(0.57)	0.18	0.20	2.45(1.47)	0.10	0.21
Medical issues (self)
Age-adjusted	0.09(0.77)	0.90	0.007	2.33(2.02)	0.25	0.02
Multivariate-adjusted	0.11(0.75)	0.89	0.17	2.15(1.96)	0.28	0.21
Medical issues (others)
Age-adjusted	0.14(0.77)	0.86	0.008	0.54(1.96)	0.78	0.007
Multivariate-adjusted	−0.48(0.76)	0.53	0.17	−0.59(1.97)	0.76	0.20
Home issues
Age-adjusted	−1.19(0.64)	0.07	0.03	−1.30(1.66)	0.43	0.01
Multivariate-adjusted	−0.81(0.67)	0.24	0.18	0.001(1.76)	0.99	0.19
Authority
Age-adjusted	0.18(0.89)	0.84	0.007	−0.39(2.29)	0.87	0.005
Multivariate-adjusted	0.05(0.87)	0.95	0.17	−0.90(2.17)	0.68	0.19
Prejudice
Age-adjusted	0.81(0.62)	0.20	0.02	−0.23(1.63)	0.89	0.005
Multivariate-adjusted	0.97(0.64)	0.13	0.19	−0.07(1.69)	0.97	0.19

Note. Standard beta coefficients with standard error are shown. . ^aBody mass index. ^bStandard error. ^cThe multivariate-adjusted model included child age, sex, moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, sedentary time, caloric intake, and parent employment status. ^dThe stressor-adjusted model included financial, home safety, age, sex, moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, sedentary time, caloric intake, and parent employment status.