Table 2.
Regression models predicting systolic blood pressure
| Variable (reference group) | Values | Caucasian women |
African-American women |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model 1 | Model 2a | Model 1 | Model 2a | ||
| DSES category (some days or less) | Most days | −0.37 (1.10) | −0.80 (0.94) | −6.69** (3.09) | −4.72 (2.87) |
| Daily | −0.35 (1.14) | −1.34 (0.99) | −2.32 (2.86) | −2.11 (2.69) | |
| Many times a day | 0.70 (1.74) | 0.53 (1.50) | −2.90 (3.07) | −2.61 (2.86) | |
| DSES items not applicable (none) | 1–3 | 1.67 (1.08) | 6.96*** (2.60) | ||
| Age | Age in years | 0.83**** (0.15) | 0.90*** (0.30) | ||
| Marital Status (not married) | Married | −0.01 (0.83) | −2.43 (1.50) | ||
| Education (≤ HS) | Post-HS | −0.74 (1.23) | 1.10 (1.84) | ||
| College or more | −2.27* (1.19) | −2.15 (2.03) | |||
| Pay for basics (not very hard) | Somewhat hard | −0.69 (0.88) | 1.70 (1.61) | ||
| Very hard | 0.47 (1.79) | 2.86 (2.32) | |||
| Menopausal status (pre/early peri) | Late peri/post | −1.36 (0.95) | −0.27 (1.78) | ||
| Surgical | 0.34 (1.98) | −4.03 (2.76) | |||
| Hormones | −0.50 (1.16) | 0.25 (2.55) | |||
| Diagnosed with diabetes (no) | Yes | 2.71 (2.22) | 2.91 (2.71) | ||
| Antihypertensive medication (no) | Yes | 7.62**** (1.19) | 8.05**** (1.59) | ||
| BMI | 0.56**** (0.06) | 0.36**** (0.10) | |||
| Heart rate | Beats/minute | 0.13**** (0.04) | −0.03 (0.07) | ||
| Intercept | 113.72**** (0.80) | 35.44*** (8.50) | 130.12**** (2.62) | 62.01**** (16.23) | |
Values are unstandardized regression coefficients (SE)
*
p<0.10;
**
p<0.05,
***
p<0.01,
****
p<0.001
a
Model 2 includes adjustment for study site