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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jul 27.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Hum Biol. 2009 May-Jun;21(3):319–325. doi: 10.1002/ajhb.20862

Table 4.

Relationship between lifestyle incongruity and risk of hypertension, logistic regression model.

Estimate Standard Error p (chi-square)
Age (Years) 0.06 0.02 0.001
Sex (F) -0.49 0.67 0.46
Triceps (mm) 0.05 0.03 0.12
Activity Level -0.01 0.22 0.98
Aggregate Socioeconomic rank -0.30 0.21 0.16
Lifestyle incongruity 3.38 1.08 0.002
Household employment -1.17 0.41 0.005
Lifestyle incongruity * sex -0.34 0.41 0.41
Lifestyle incongruity * household employment -1.20 0.37 0.001

Activity level: range of values= 4-8, based on activity level at work and home

Aggregate socioeconomic rank: material wealth + household income

Lifestyle Incongruity: material wealth- household income

Household Employment: occupational rank (retired/not employed, employed in a non-office job, employed in an office job) of everyone in the household