Table 1.

Descriptive statistics of key variables and differences between women (n = 394) and men (n = 428)

Variable	Women		Men		Difference
	Sample range	M (SD)	Sample range	M (SD)	p Value
Allostatic load	0–12	5.43 (2.49)	0–12	5.65 (2.42)	0.195a
Social adversity
Age 16	0–3	0.72 (0.81)	0–3	0.71 (0.80)	0.976b
Age 21	0–3	0.89 (0.90)	0–3	0.60 (0.78)	<0.001b
Age 30	0–6	1.02 (0.98)	0–5	0.89 (0.97)	0.034b
Age 43	0–6	1.68 (1.27)	0–6	1.56 (1.24)	0.214b
Life course	0–14	4.30 (2.36)	0–11	3.76 (2.24)	<0.001b
Material adversity
Age 16	0–3	0.57 (0.72)	0–3	0.36 (0.60)	<0.001b
Age 21	0–3	0.55 (0.70)	0–3	0.51 (0.65)	0.463b
Age 30	0–4	0.86 (1.01)	0–4	0.66 (0.82)	0.017b
Age 43	0–4	0.53 (0.79)	0–4	0.37 (0.71)	<0.001b
Life course	0–13	2.51 (2.09)	0–10	1.90 (1.75)	<0.001b
Cumulative socioeconomic status	0–4	1.27 (1.19)	0–4	1.25 (1.16)	0.941b

^a t Test

^bMann–Whitney U test