Table 3.
Mean differences in logged values for Cortisol, epinephrine, norepinephrine and dopamine (in ng hormone per mg creatinine) associated with socioeconomic and psychosocial variables simultaneously adjusted for each other and before and after adjustment for other covariates.
| Cortisol |
Epinephrine |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model 3 β (SE) | Model 4 β (SE) | Model 5 β (SE) | Model 3 β (SE) | Model 4 β (SE) | Model 5 β (SE) | |
| African-Americans | –0.17* (.08) | –0.18* (.08) | –0.19* (.08) | –0.02 (.08) | –0.01 (.08) | –0.05 (.08) |
| Hispanics | –0.24** (.08) | –0.25** (.08) | –0.23** (.08) | –0.12 (.08) | –0.12 (.08) | –0.08 (.08) |
| Income-wealth index | –0.03* (.01) | –0.03* (.01) | –0.03* (.01) | –0.04** (.01) | –0.04** (.01) | –0.04** (.01) |
| Education | –0.01 (.01) | –0.01 (.01) | –0.01 (.01) | 0.01 (.01) | 0.01 (.01) | 0.01 (.01) |
| Anger (per SD) | 0.03 (.03) | 0.03 (.03) | –0.02 (.03) | –0.01 (.03) | ||
| Anxiety (per SD) | –0.05 (.04) | –0.05 (.04) | 0.02 (.04) | –0.01 (.04) | ||
| Depression (per SD) | 0.03 (.04) | 0.02 (.04) | –0.00 (.04) | 0.01 (.04) | ||
| Chronic burden | 0.02 (.02) | 0.02 (.02) | –0.01 (.02) | 0.00 (.02) | ||
| Norepinephrine |
Dopamine |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model 3 β (SE) | Model 4 β (SE) | Model 5 β (SE) | Model 3 β (SE) | Model 4 β (SE) | Model 5 β (SE) | |
| African–Americans | 0.02 (.05) | 0.02 (.05) | 0.02 (.05) | 0.18** (.05) | 0.18** (.05) | 0.19** (.05) |
| Hispanics | 0.03 (.05) | 0.03 (.05) | 0.03 (.05) | 0.16** (.05) | 0.16** (.05) | 0.17** (.05) |
| Income-wealth index | –0.02** (.01) | –0.02* (.01) | –0.02** (.01) | –0.02* (.01) | –0.02* (.01) | –0.02* (.01) |
| Education | 0.01 (.01) | 0.01 (.01) | 0.01 (.01) | 0.01 (.01) | 0.01 (.01) | 0.01 (.01) |
| Anger (per SD) | 0.01 (.02) | 0.01 (.02) | 0.02 (.02) | 0.02 (.02) | ||
| Anxiety (per SD) | –0.00 (.03) | 0.00 (.03) | –0.03 (.02) | –0.03 (.02) | ||
| Depression (per SD) | –0.01 (.03) | –0.02 (.03) | –0.00 (.02) | –0.00 (.02) | ||
| Chronic burden | 0.02 (.01) | 0.02 (.01) | 0.02 (.01) | 0.02 (.01) | ||
Model 3 includes age gender, medications, race/ethnicity and SES variables.
Model 4 includes age, gender, medications, race/ethnicity, SES and psychosocial factors.
Model 5, includes age, gender, medications, race/ethnicity, SES, psychosocial factors, BMI, alcohol use, and current smoking.
Income-wealth is included as a continuous score variable ranging from 0 to 8. Education is included as a continuous variable ranging from no schooling to graduate or professional school representing the 8 educational categories. Estimates shown correspond to a unit increase in the predictor.
Standard errors are shown in parentheses next to each coefficient p ≤ .05.
Standard errors are shown in parentheses next to each coefficient p ≤ .01.