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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychosom Med. 2010 Feb 2;72(3):266–272. doi: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e3181d0d8b2

Table II. Correlations of Study Variables.

Variable 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1. Discrimination -.24* -.26* -.25* -.02 .09 .20 -.37** -.01 .02 .05 .06
2. DBP dipping .82** .23* -.21 -.12 -.10 -.17 -.07 -.16 .09 -.05
3. SBP dipping .22 -.11 -.08 -.09 -.05 -.05 -.14 -.07 -.05
4. Race -.46** -.34** -.21 -.13 -.03 -.28* -.08 -.21
5. Age .50** .04 .21 .20 .39* .04 .15
6. BMI -.23* .65 .39** .46** .12 -.05
7. SES .02 -.02 -.04 .01 .11
8. MC .19 .16 -.18 -.01
9. Mean SBP .73** -.33** .13
10. Mean DBP -.09 .27*
11. Gender -.01
12. Smoking
*

p < .05;

**

p < .01;

p = .06 (two-tailed)

DBP = diastolic blood pressure; SBP = systolic blood pressure; BMI = body mass index; SES = socioeconomic status (higher scores represent lower SES); MC = Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale