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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 10.
Published in final edited form as: Climacteric. 2010 Mar 8;13(6):534–543. doi: 10.3109/13697131003592713

Table 2.

Psychosocial factors by acculturation (excluding non-Hispanic Caucasians). Data are given as percentage or median (interquartile range)

Acculturation
p Value (Wilcoxon rank sum)
Low (n = 197) Medium/high (n = 78)
Depressed
 yes 46.7 37.2 0.15 (χ2)
 no 53.3 62.8
Cynicism 6.0 (4.0–9.0) 7.0 (2.5–8.0) 0.23
Mistreatment/discrimination (blatant factor)* 1.0 (1.0–1.5) 1.0 (1.3–1.5) <0.01
Mistreatment/discrimination (subtle factor)* 1.0 (1.4–2.0) 1.3 (1.8–2.3) <0.01
Perceived stress 11.0 (8.0–12.0) 10.5 (7.0–12.0) 0.45
Sleep problems 3.0 (0.0–6.0) 3.0 (0.0–5.0) 0.78
Social support 12.0 (8.0–16.0) 11.0 (7.0–14.0) 0.11
Trait anxiety 18.0 (15.0–22.0) 16.0 (13.0–18.0) 0.02
Anger expression in 14.0 (11.0–16.0) 14.0 (11.5–16.0) 0.42
Anger expression out 12.0 (10.0–15.0) 12.0 (10.0–16.0) 0.52
Physical functioning, 100.0 (50.0–72.2) 100.0 (45.0–65.0) 0.38
*

75th and 90th percentiles presented in parentheses;

10th and 25th percentiles presented in parentheses;

measured at 4th year follow-up; approximately 40% of women have missing values