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. 2008 Jul;31(7):1293–1298. doi: 10.2337/dc07-1945

Table 2—

Unstandardized and standardized multiple regression coefficients of psychological variables in predicting follow-up fasting glucose levels* controlling for age, education, marital status, baseline glucose, BMI, total cholesterol, and systolic blood pressure

Psychological predictors Multiple regression coefficients
All participants Unmarried Married
Cook-Medley hostility 0.016 ± 0.007; 0.105 0.053 ± 0.014; 0.348 0.007 ± 0.007; 0.078
Anger 0.014 ± 0.007; 0.091 0.067 ± 0.016; 0.444 0.004 ± 0.007; 0.060
Type A 0.020 ± 0.006; 0.152§ 0.065 ± 0.015; 0.439 0.011 ± 0.007; 0.106
Overall hostility factor 0.018 ± 0.006; 0.124§ 0.067 ± 0.015; 0.453 0.008 ± 0.007; 0.093
Depression 0.001 ± 0.007; 0.004 0.012 ± 0.013; 0.081 −0.003 ± 0.007; −0.007

Data are B ± SE; β.

*

Fasting glucose was transformed with a natural log function.

P < 0.05;

P < 0.001;

§

P < 0.01.