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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Brain Behav Immun. 2009 Jan 11;23(5):684–692. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2009.01.002

Table 2.

Descriptive statistics for study sample.

Men (n = 385) Women (n = 419)
Predictors Mean (± SE) Range % Mean (± SE) Range % p-value
Lifetime Discrimination
 Never 64.5 51.0 <.05
 1–2 instances 16.5 19.3
 3+ instances 19.0 29.8

Daily Discrimination
 Never 31.1 20.0 <.001
 M1 or M2 30.1 27.9
 M1 and M2 38.7 52.0

Age 59.0 (.6) 36 – 86 57.9 35 – 86 .14
Marital status (% married) 80.9 64.0 <.001
Race/ethnicity (% White) 92.6 93.7 .16

Education
 < High School 4.3 3.5 <.001
 HS grad or GED 16.9 24.7
 Some college or 2-year degree 29.0 31.0
 College grad 26.0 17.6
 Some grad school or more 23.8 23.2

Health status and health behavior
 Self-rated health (% fair or poor) 13.7 15.4 .25
 Body mass index (BMI) 29.7 (.3) 20 – 57 28.8 (.3) 15 – 60 .05

 Smoking status
  Current smoker 11.5 11.6 <.05
  Ex-smoker 38.9 30.4
  Never smoked 49.6 58.0

 Avg. alcoholic drinks per week 4.6 (.3) 0 – 56 1.9 (.2) 0 – 28 <.001
 Avg. caffeinated drinks per day 2.8 (.02) 1 – 3 2.8 (.0) 1 – 3 .23
 Blood pressure medication (% Yes) 34.8 34.7 .93
 Cholesterol medication (% Yes) 37.1 23.3 <.001
 Steroid medication (% Yes) 3.6 20.3 <.001
 Anti-depressant medication (% Yes) 11.8 17.6 <.05
Neuroticism 1.96 (.03) 1 – 4 2.1 (.03) 1 – 4 <.01
Serum soluble E-selectin (ng/mL) 41.2 (.9) 9 – 100 35.8 (.8) 1 – 100 <.001
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