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Published in final edited form as: Scand J Work Environ Health. 2012 Mar 29;39(1):112–119. doi: 10.5271/sjweh.3294

Table 4.

Hierarchical regression models evaluation the association of systolic blood pressure dipping with job strain ^a (Men=72). [95% CI =95% confidence interval]

	B	β	P
Step 1 ^b
Job strain group	−4.77	−0.25	0.038
Step 2 ^b
Job strain group	−5.53	−0.28	0.028
Ethnicity	−1.54	−0.10	0.424
BMI	−0.32	−0.15	0.221
BDI-II Total score	−0.16	−0.14	0.374
Trait anxiety score	0.15	0.19	0.231
Current smoking status	−3.64	−0.16	0.169
Alcohol consumption	3.03	0.15	0.211

Adjusted for ethnicity, body mass index (BMI), depressive symptoms (BDI-II score), trait anxiety score, current smoking status, alcohol consumption

Adjusted R²=0.047 for step1; adjusted R²=0.124 for step 2.