. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Apr 12.

Published in final edited form as: Brain Behav Immun. 2009 Sep 29;24(1):160–167. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2009.09.014

Table 1.

Sample Characteristics (mean and standard deviations) and bivariate correlations

		Mean (SD)	CRP r	CESD r
Age (years)		44.8 (6.7)	-0.047	-0.087^*
^# Gender (%Female)		50	0.034^#	-0.082^*
BMI (kg/m²)		27.1 (5.2)	0.44^**	0.095^**
^#% using statins		>1	-0.015^#	0.043
^#% current smoker		16	0.009^#	0.056
Years in School		15.9 (2.8)	-0.088^**	-0.055
	Range	6 – 24
CRP (μg/ml)		1.6 (1.8)		0.051
	Range	0.2 – 9.9
CESD		7.4 (7.5)	0.051
	Range	0-42

Correlation Coefficients are shown.

P < 0.05

^**

P < 0.01

Point biserial correlations

BMI: Body Mass Index. Gender coded as 1 = Male, 2 = Female, Smoking status (0 = not current smokers, 1 = current smokers), Statin Use (0 = not using statins, 1 = currently using statins); correlations were conducted on log transformed CRP and CESD variables.