Table 4.

Means of systolic and diastolic blood pressure* (mmHg) by stressor exposures and psychological distress evaluated by the faces scale (N = 1477)

Characteristic		N	Systolic BP	P	Diastolic BP	P
Any event	No	907	127.4 ± 0.7	0.12	76.9 ± 0.4	0.87
	Yes	570	125.8 ± 0.8		76.8 ± 0.5
Any death	No	1264	127.0 ± 0.6	0.43	76.8 ± 0.3	0.62
	Yes	213	125.8 ± 1.4		77,3 ± 0.8
Major illness in the family	No	1328	127.0 ± 0.6	0.31	76.9 ± 0.3	0.71
	Yes	149	125.2 ± 1.6		76.5 ± 1.0
Loss of job	No	1332	127.0 ± 0.6	0.37	77.0 ± 0.3	0.38
	Yes	145	125.3 ± 1.7		76.0 ± 1.0
Death in the family	No	1477	126.9 ± 0.6	0.53	76.8 ± 0.3	0.50
	Yes	143	125.8 ± 1.7		77.5 ± 1.0
Divorce	No	1387	127.0 ± 0.5	0.19	77.0 ± 0.3	0.25
	Yes	90	124.0 ± 2.2		75.5 ± 1.3
Severe accident	No	1406	127.0 ± 0.5	0.19	76.9 ± 0.3	0.80
	Yes	71	123.7 ± 2.4		76.5 ± 1.4
Close friend death	No	1410	126.8 ± 0.5	0.78	76.8 ± 0.3	0.96
	Yes	67	126.1 ± 2.5		77.0 ± 1.4
Violence	No	1436	126.8 ± 0.5	0.84	76.9 ± 0.3	0.98
	Yes	41	126.2 ± 3.2		76.9 ± 1.8
Migration	No	1443	126.8 ± 0.5	0.92	76.9 ± 0.3	0.74
	Yes	34	117.2 ± 3.5		77.6 ± 2.0
Death of spouse	No	1334	126.9 ± 0.5	0.10	76.9 ± 0.3	0.05
	Yes	14	117.9 ± 5.4		70.6 ± 3.1
Faces				0.06		0.29
Extremely content		259	130.4 ± 1.2		78.2 ± 0.7
Very content		455	126.8 ± 0.9		76.4 ± 0.6
Content		377	125.3 ± 1.0		77.1 ± 0.6
Neutral		158	125.7 ± 1.6		75.8 ± 0.9
Discontent		113	126.6 ± 1.9		76.0 ± 1.1
Very discontent		55	124.0 ± 2.7		75.9 ± 1.6
Extremely discontent		60	126.6 ± 2.6		78.3 ± 1.5

Values are mean ± standard error

* adjusted for age