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Published in final edited form as: Race Soc Probl. 2011 Oct 1;3(3):225–239. doi: 10.1007/s12552-011-9058-y

Table 7.

Multilevel Models Predicting Cortisol Patterns by Tensions and Age in each Racial Group

	White (n = 1287)			Black (n = 109)
Predictor	Intercept B (SE)	CAR B (SE)	DEC B (SE)	Intercept B (SE)	CAR B (SE)	DEC B (SE)
Intercept	2.809 (0.113)^**	0.281 (0.119)^*	−0.298 (0.008)^**	2.323 (0.411)^**	0.097 (0.506)	−0.194 (0.032)^**
Argument	−0.020 (0.147)	−0.438 (0.351)	−0.005 (0.019)	−0.884 (0.622)	−0.524 (1.359)	0.121 (0.074)
Avoidance	−0.155 (0.113)	−0.473 (0.279)^†	0.013 (0.015)	0.169 (0.444)	−1.015 (1.087)	−0.085 (0.051)^†
Both Arg. And Avoid	0.244 (0.271)	0.949 (0.679)	−0.051 (0.036)	−1.222 (0.984)	−2.405 (1.984)	0.014 (0.110)
No interpersonal tension
Age	0.006 (0.001)^**	−0.004 (0.002)^*	0.001 (0.000)^**	0.005 (0.005)	0.011 (0.009)	−0.000 (0.001)
Age X Arg.	0.001 (0.003)	−0.005 (0.006)	0.000 (0.000)	0.015 (0.011)	0.008 (0.024)	−0.002 (0.001)
Age X Avoid	0.003 (0.002)	0.010 (0.005)^*	−0.000 (0.000)	−0.002 (0.008)	0.025 (0.021)	0.001 (0.001)
Age X Both	−0.002 (0.005)	−0.012 (0.013)	0.001 (0.001)	0.013 (0.016)	0.025 (0.033)	−0.000 (0.002)
Age X None
Covariates
Waking Time	−0.052 (0.007)^*^			−0.031 (0.023)
Smoker	0.065 (0.036)			0.149 (0.128)
Medicine User	−0.050 (0.026)^*			0.136 (0.117)
Weekend	−0.060 (0.013)^**			0.058 (0.046)
Gender	−0.071 (0.025)^**			−0.068 (0.105)
Self-rated health	0.056 (0.014)^**			0.023 (0.048)
Education	0.001 (0.005)			0.007 (0.020)
Financial situation	−0.003 (0.007)			0.010 (0.023)
Pseudo R²	.87			.77

^†

p < 0.10,

^*

p < 0.05,

^**

p < 0.01