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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2012 Jul 13;75(9):1697–1707. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.06.003

Table 4.

Prevalence Ratio (95% CI) of cardiovascular risk factors associated with higher income*, before and after controlling for stress measures and behavioral factors in women.
Hypertension Diabetes
Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4 Model 5 Model 6 Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4 Model 5 Model 6
Income 0.86 (0.78,0.94) 0.87 (0.79,0.95) 0.86 (0.78,0.95) 0.87 (0.79,0.96) 0.86 (0.78,0.95) 0.88 (0.80,0.97) 0.61 (0.46,0.81) 0.63 (0.47,0.84) 0.62 (0.47,0.83) 0.63 (0.47,0.84) 0.57 (0.43,0.76) 0.60 (0.45, 0.80)
GPSS --- 1.04 (1.01,1.08) --- 1.04 (1.01,1.07) --- 1.05 (1.01,1.08) --- 1.09 (1.00,1.19) --- 1.08 (0.99,1.18) --- 1.12 (1.03, 1.23)
NLE --- --- 1.03 (1.00,1.06) 1.02 (0.99,1.05) --- 1.02 (0.99,1.05) --- --- 1.06 (0.98,1.15) 1.04 (0.96,1.14) --- 1.05 (0.96, 1.14)
Obesity Plaque
Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4 Model 5 Model 6 Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4 Model 5 Model 6
Income 0.85 (0.77,0.94) 0.86 (0.77,0.95) 0.86 (0.78,0.95) 0.86 (0.78,0.95) 0.85 (0.77,0.94) 0.87 (0.78,0.96) 0.84 (0.71,0.99) 0.84 (0.71,0.99) 84 (0.71,0.99) 0.84 (0.71,0.99) 0.89 (0.75, 1.05) 0.88 (0.75, 1.04)
GPSS --- 1.03 (1.00,1.07) --- 1.02 (0.99,1.06) --- 1.03 (1.00,1.07) --- 1.00 (0.94,1.07) --- 1.01 (0.95,1.07) --- 1.00 (0.93, 1.06)
NLE --- --- 1.04 (1.01,1.08) 1.04 (1.01,1.07) --- 1.04 (1.00,1.07) --- --- 0.99 (0.93,1.05) 0.99 (0.93,1.04) --- 0.98 (0.93, 1.04)

Abbreviations: GPSS = Global perceived stress scale; NLE = Negative life events; CVD=Cardiovascular disease.

*

Associations shown correspond to an income difference equivalent to moving from the 10th to the 90th percentile of the observed income distribution in the sample.

CVD risk factors (binary outcome), Income and GPSS & (continuous, GPSS in 4.38 values of SD and NLE in 1.21 values of SD).

Model 1: Age + Income; Model 2: Age + Income + GPSS; Model 3: Age + Income + NLE; Model 4: Age + Income + GPSS + NLE; Model 5: Age + Income + Behaviors; Model 6: Age + Income + GPSS + NLE + Behaviors.