Table 5.
Evaluating the direct model: Mean difference in log-Fibrinogen by categories of emotional social support
| ESS Moderate versus High B (95% CI) |
ESS Low versus High B (95% CI) |
R2 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entire sample | |||
| Unadjusted | 0.01 (−0.01, 0.01) | 0.04 (0.01, 0.08)* | 0.001 |
| Model 1 | −0.01 (−0.01, 0.01) | 0.03 (0.01, 0.07)* | 0.104 |
| Model 2 | −0.01 (−0.01, 0.01) | 0.03 (−0.01, 0.06) | 0.178 |
| Men | |||
| Unadjusted | −0.01 (−0.02, 0.01) | 0.05 (0.01, 0.09)* | 0.002 |
| Model 1 | 0.01 (−0.01, 0.02) | 0.01 (−0.01, 0.02) | 0.067 |
| Model 2 | 0.01 (−0.01, 0.02) | 0.03 (−0.01, 0.08) | 0.125 |
| Women | |||
| Unadjusted | −0.07 (−0.02, 0.01) | 0.04 (−0.01, 0.08) | 0.001 |
| Model 1 | −0.01 (−0.02, 0.01) | 0.02 (−0.02, 0.07) | 0.096 |
| Model 2 | −0.01 (−0.02, 0.01) | 0.02 (−0.02, 0.06) | 0.183 |
| Men, Age 45 – 64 | |||
| Unadjusted | 0.01 (−0.02, 0.02) | 0.03 (−0.03, 0.09) | 0.001 |
| Model 1 | 0.01 (−0.01, 0.03) | 0.02 (−0.04, 0.08) | 0.055 |
| Model 2 | 0.01 (−0.01, 0.03) | 0.01 (−0.04, 0.07) | 0.125 |
| Men, Age 65 – 84 | |||
| Unadjusted | 0.01 (−0.02, 0.03) | 0.08 (0.01, 0.14)* | 0.004 |
| Model 1 | −0.01 (−0.02, 0.02) | 0.07 (0.01, 0.14)* | 0.029 |
| Model 2 | −0.01 (−0.03, 0.02) | 0.06 (−0.01, 0.13) | 0.081 |
| Women, Age 45 – 64 | |||
| Unadjusted | −0.01 (−0.02, 0.02) | 0.06 (0.01, 0.12)* | 0.002 |
| Model 1 | 0.01 (−0.02, 0.02) | 0.04 (−0.01, 0.10) | 0.091 |
| Model 2 | 0.01 (−0.01, 0.02) | 0.03 (−0.02, 0.09) | 0.206 |
| Women, Age 65 – 84 | |||
| Unadjusted | −0.01 (−0.03, 0.01) | 0.01 (-0.07, 0.07) | 0.001 |
| Model 1 | −0.01 (−0.03, 0.01) | −0.01 (−0.08, 0.06) | 0.082 |
| Model 2 | −0.01 (−0.03, 0.01) | −0.01 (−0.08, 0.06) | 0.139 |
*
p<0.05. Values of fibrinogen have been log-transformed.
Model 1 adjusted for age, gender, race/ethnicity, educational attainment, income, employment status, and marital status.
Model 2 adjusted for Model 1 plus smoking status, alcohol use, body mass index, hypertension, diabetes, medication use, and recent infection.