Table 2.
WOMEN* | Hypertension | Diabetes | Obesity | Carotid Plaque | GPSS | NLE | WSI |
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Low | 0.72 | 0.22 | 0.61 | 0.41 | 6.54 | 1.64 | 105.46 |
Lower Middle | 0.67 | 0.19 | 0.65 | 0.31 | 5.74 | 1.45 | 85.15 |
Upper Middle | 0.66 | 0.17 | 0.61 | 0.34 | 5.58 | 1.39 | 69.28 |
High | 0.58 | 0.13 | 0.55 | 0.30 | 4.68 | 1.23 | 61.59 |
p for the trend | 0.0002 | 0.0003 | 0.0132 | 0.0148 | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 |
MEN* | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Low | 0.59 | 0.14 | 0.36 | 0.33 | 5.92 | 1.57 | 111.06 |
Lower Middle | 0.64 | 0.16 | 0.42 | 0.38 | 4.46 | 1.20 | 73.22 |
Upper Middle | 0.62 | 0.18 | 0.38 | 0.36 | 4.36 | 1.25 | 66.68 |
High | 0.60 | 0.10 | 0.42 | 0.36 | 3.89 | 1.07 | 59.52 |
p for the trend | 0.5629 | 0.0465 | 0.4509 | 0.9909 | <.0001 | 0.0002 | <.0001 |
Abbreviations: GPSS = Global perceived stress scale; NLE = Negative events; WSI = Weekly stress inventory.
N = women: 2541, men: 1439 for GPSS & NLE and women: 1590, men: 888 for WSI. The N values for GPSS & NLE and for WSI are given separately because of the variations in the sample size