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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biol Psychol. 2009 May 7;82(1):18–24. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2009.04.007

Table 3.

Effects of Education and Neighborhood SES on Systolic Pressor Response*

Fixed Effects Coefficient Std Error T-ratio Df p-value
Intercept 1 (B0)
Intercept 2, G00 34.60 8.71 3.9 16 0.001
% Below Poverty, G01 −0.12 0.44 −0.28 16 0.79
Baseline SBP (B1)
Intercept 2, G10 −0.44 0.42 −1.03 106 0.31
% Below Poverty, G11 0.020 0.018 1.13 106 0.26
BMI (B2)
Intercept 2, G20 −2.34 1.12 −2.09 106 0.04
% Below Poverty, G21 0.097 0.054 1.81 106 0.09
Ethnicity (B3)
Intercept 2, G30 1.50 11.32 0.13 106 0.89
% Below Poverty, G31 −.066 0.53 −0.13 106 0.90
Educational Attainment (B4)
Intercept 2, G40 −13.34 5.61 −2.38 106 0.019
% Below Poverty, G41 0.554 0.249 2.23 106 0.028
*

Table 3 demonstrates the interaction between level-1 predictors (associated beta weights: B1, B2, B3, B4) and the level-2 predictor (G01) on systolic pressor responses to PE. As shown in the final block of the table, educational attainment (B4) interacts with % below poverty to predict systolic pressor responses to PE (G41). Overall, education is associated with less of an increase in SBP in response to PE (G40). However, as % below poverty increases, the beneficial effect of education on systolic pressor responses diminishes.