Table 3.

Pearson correlations of covariates with SBP and UCLA loneliness scores at study onset.

Covariate	SBP	UCLA
Age	.11	−.07
Female	−.02	−.13
Black (vs. White & Hispanic)	.13†	.04
Hispanic (vs. White & Black)	−.02	.14*
Years education	−.26**	−.11
Household income	−.18**	−.19**
Social network size	−.16*	−.19**
Current smoker	.06	.06
Current drinker	−.15*	−.06
Body mass index	.13†	.02
Any exercise	−.12	−.16*
Anti-hyperlipidemia medication	.10	−.03
Cardiovascular medication	.18**	−.05
Charlson comorbidity index	.14*	.17*
Depressive symptoms, CESDML	.14*	.57**
Perceived stress, PSS	.20**	.48**
Hostility, CMHo	.22**	.34**
Social support, ISEL	−.10	−.58**

^**p < .01,

^*p < .05,

^†p < .06

CESDML = Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale, minus the loneliness item; PSS = Perceived Stress Scale; CMHo = Cook-Medley Hostility Scale; ISEL = Interpersonal Support Evaluation List.