Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of 1536 women completing stress assessments divided into by tertiles of stress score.

	Total		Bottom Tertile (PSS1 < 8)		Middle Tertile (PSS 8–16)		Top Tertile (PSS ≥ 17)		P-value2
Predictor	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
	1536		446		553		537
Age									.024
<30	91	5.9	29	6.5	40	7.2	22	4.1
30–40	367	23.9	119	26.7	140	25.3	108	20.1
40–50	617	40.1	175	39.2	210	38.0	232	43.2
50–60	380	24.7	98	22.0	133	24.1	149	27.7
60–70	68	4.4	18	4.0	28	5.1	22	4.1
>70	13	0.8	7	1.6	2	0.4	4	0.7
Race/ethnicity									.595
White	332	21.6	94	21.1	129	23.3	108	20.1
African-American	925	60.1	275	61.7	328	59.3	321	59.8
Hispanic	225	14.6	64	14.3	73	13.2	88	16.4
Other	56	3.6	13	2.9	23	4.2	20	3.7
HIV Status									.592
HIV+	1088	70.9	309	69.3	391	70.7	388	72.3
HIV−	448	29.1	137	30.7	162	29.3	149	27.7
Annual income									<.001
< $6,000	255	16.6	73	16.4	90	16.3	92	17.1
$6,000–$12,000	493	32.1	115	25.8	169	30.6	209	38.9
$12,000–$18,000	206	13.4	57	12.8	69	12.5	80	14.9
$18,000–$24,000	133	8.6	48	10.8	44	8.0	41	7.6
$24,000–$30,000	103	6.7	31	7.0	44	8.0	28	5.2
$30,000–$36,000	79	5.1	27	6.1	27	4.9	25	4.7
$36,000–$75,000	184	12.0	67	15.0	75	13.6	42	7.8
>$75,000	78	5.1	26	5.8	34	6.1	18	3.4
Missing	5	0.3	2	0.4	1	0.2	2	0.4
Education									.003
No Schooling	7	0.5	0	0.0	5	0.9	2	0.4
Grades 1–6	70	4.6	18	4.0	23	4.2	29	5.4
Grades 7–11	523	34.1	154	34.5	168	30.4	201	37.4
Completed HS	453	29.5	112	25.1	171	30.9	170	31.7
Some College	386	25.1	128	28.7	154	27.8	104	19.4
Completed College	67	4.4	22	4.9	22	4.0	23	4.3
Attended Grad School	27	1.8	12	2.7	10	1.8	5	0.9
Missing	3	0.2	0	0.0	0	0.0	3	0.6
Condom Use									.393
Always / NA3	1071	69.7	301	67.5	386	69.8	384	71.5
Sometimes/never	465	20.3	145	32.5	167	30.2	153	28.5
Tobacco use within 6 months									<.001
Yes	650	42.4	162	36.3	215	38.9	273	50.8
No	886	57.7	284	63.7	338	61.1	264	49.2
Intravenous drug use									.001
Yes	17	1.1	1	0.2	3	0.5	13	2.4
No	1518	98.8	444	99.6	550	99.5	524	97.6
Missing	1	0.1	1	0.2	0	0.0	0	0.0
Pap Result
Normal	1229	80.0	362	81.2	442	79.9	425	79.1	0.9094
ASC-US5	228	14.8	59	13.2	84	15.2	85	15.8
ASC-HGSIL6	2	0.1	1	0.2	1	0.2	0	0.0
Lgsil7	63	4.1	22	4.9	18	3.3	23	4.3
HGSIL/CIN28	9	0.6	1	0.2	7	1.3	1	0.2
HGSIL/CIN39	4	0.3	1	0.2	1	0.2	2	0.4
Carcinoma	1	0.1	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	0.2
CD4 (HIV+ Only)									.503
<200	137	12.7	34	11.1	47	12.1	56	14.6
200–500	406	37.7	115	37.7	142	36.4	149	38.9
≥500	535	49.6	156	51.1	201	51.5	178	46.5

¹Perceived Stress Score

²By chi-square test

³Not sexually active

⁴Compares Normal vs. all others, excluding ASC-US.

⁵Atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (excluded from analyses).

⁶Atypical squamous cells, cannot exclude high grade lesion

⁷Low grade squamous intraepithelial lesion

⁸High grade squamous intraepithelial lesion, moderate dysplasia

⁹High grade squamous intraepithelial lesion, severe dysplasia