Table 2.

Age-adjusted cardiovascular disease risk factor proportions and mean stress scores by level of income among women and men in the Jackson Heart Study, 2000-2004.

WOMEN*	Hypertension	Diabetes	Obesity	Carotid Plaque	GPSS	NLE	WSI
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