A key aim of the study was to examine whether children’s HAZ, a measure of child’s growth status that we use as a putative index of a child’s early nutritional environment [3], inflammation measured as elevated CRP at one or multiple time points, family care measured as caregiver engagement in stimulating activities with the child, and maternal distress measured as maternal symptoms of depression and stress accounted for some of the effects of poverty on children’s developmental outcomes. The gene discussed is CRP; the disease is major depressive disorder.