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Published in final edited form as: Brain Behav Immun. 2010 Jun 25;24(8):1294–1300. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2010.06.006

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.