Table 4. Coefficients from linear regression models predicting sICAM-1, sE-selectin, & sIL-6R, Taiwan (n=961).

	$\sqrt{sICAM - 1}$		ln(sE - selectin)		ln(sIL-6R)
	(1)	(2)	(1)	(2)	(1)	(2)
Urban resident	−0.05	−0.06	0.04	−0.00	−0.23^*	−0.21^**
Female	0.65	0.75	0.52	0.58	0.44	0.47
Age	0.02^**	0.02^**	−0.00	−0.00	0.01	0.01
Age × female	−0.01	−0.01	−0.01	−0.01	−0.01	−0.00
Mainlander	−0.11	−0.10	−0.30^**	−0.32^**	−0.06	−0.04
(≤ 6 years education)
7-11 years education	−0.13	−0.12	−0.21^*	−0.23^*	−0.06	−0.06
12 years education	−0.17	−0.13	−0.04	−0.05	−0.14	−0.17
13+ years education	−0.29^**	−0.25^*	−0.35^**	−0.36^**	−0.16	−0.16
Waist circumference	0.01^**	0.01^**	0.03^***	0.03^***	0.01^*	0.01^*
Antihypertensive medication	0.01	0.02	0.14	0.16^*	0.08	0.08
Lipid lowering medication	0.22	0.22	0.14	0.07	0.16	0.14
Hormone/steroid medication	0.23	0.22	−0.21	−0.21	−0.08	−0.10
CES-D	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	−0.01	−0.01
Self-assessed health status	−0.03	−0.03	−0.06	−0.07	−0.10^**	−0.10^**
Functional limitations	−0.00	−0.00	−0.04	−0.03	0.00	0.01
Social integration	−0.05	−0.04	−0.01	0.01	−0.05	−0.05
Perceived support	−0.01	−0.01	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.06
(Never smoked)
Former smoker		0.10		0.12		0.07
Current smoker		0.33^**		0.13		0.23^*
(Never drinks alcohol)
Sometimes drinks alcohol		−0.11		0.04		−0.10
Frequently drinks alcohol		0.12		0.11		−0.25
Constant	−1.96^***	−1.97^***	−1.81^***	−1.82^***	−0.60	−0.55
Overall R²	0.07	0.09	0.14	0.41	0.07	0.08

p < 0.05

^**

p < 0.01

^***

p < 0.001

Note: Outcome variables and measures of social relationships were standardized (to mean=0 and SD=1 for the pooled sample) prior to model fitting. The model includes a random level effect for PSU to account for the multi-stage sampling design.