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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Brain Behav Immun. 2012 Oct 16;27(1):145–154. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2012.10.009

Table 3.

Comparison of Randomized Groups at Baseline

Variables Education
(n=93)
Mean (SE) (n)		 MBI-ld
(n=93)
Mean (SE) (n)		 95% CI for the
difference of
Education − MBI-ld
Age 49 (0.8) (93) 51 (0.8) (92) −4.0, 0.4
Female % 87% (3%) (93) 88% (3%) (91) −10%, 9%
BMI 32.4 (0.5) (93) 32.8 (0.5) (93) −1.9, 1.1
CRP 5.3 (0.4) (93) 5.6 (0.4) (92) −1.5, 0.9
IL-6 1.7 (0.3) (93) 1.9 (0.3) (92) −1.0, 0.6
Cortisol (mean of noon, 5pm, bed) 0.15 (.03) (92) 0.10 (.01) (92) −0.11, 0.01
PSS 19.8 (0.3) (91) 19.7 (0.3) (93) −1.1, 0.7
CES-D 16.3 (0.5) (91) 16.7 (0.5) (93) −1.1, 1.9
TSM 1.4 (0.06) (89) 1.4 (0.06) (86) −0.2, 0.2
PSQI 8.4 (0.3) (91) 8.7 (0.3) (92) −0.6, 1.2
Blood Pressure Systolic/Diastolic 124/76 (1) (92) 123/76 (1) (93) −4.0, 2