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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 4.

Effects of Education and Neighborhood SES on Diastolic Pressor Response*

Fixed Effects Coefficient Std Error T-ratio Df p-value
Intercept 1, B0
Intercept 2, G00 23.43 5.28 4.4 16 0.001
% Below Poverty, G01 −0.16 0.27 −0.61 16 0.55
Baseline SBP, B1
Intercept 2, G10 0.12 0.35 .34 16 0.73
% Below Poverty, G11 0.016 0.015 −1.06 16 0.30
BMI, B2
Intercept 2, G30 −2.07 0.67 −3.08 106 0.003
% Below Poverty, G21 0.092 0.032 2.89 106 0.005
Ethnicity, B3
Intercept 2, G20 0.91 7.02 0.13 16 0.89
% Below Poverty, G31 0.085 0.32 0.26 16 0.79
Educational Attainment, B4
Intercept 2, G40 −7.66 3.47 −2.21 106 0.02
% Below Poverty, G41 0.35 0.15 2.32 106 0.02
*

Table 4 demonstrates the interaction between level-1 predictors (associated beta weights: B1, B2, B3, B4) and the level-2 predictor (G01) on diastolic pressor responses to PE. As shown in the final block of the table, educational attainment (B4) interacts with % below poverty to predict diastolic pressor responses to PE (G41). Overall, education is associated with less of an increase in DBP in response to PE (G40). However, as % below poverty increases, the beneficial effect of education on diastolic pressor responses diminishes.