Table 2.

Intercorrelations among the four biomarkers for Americans (top) and Japanese (bottom).

Americans	N	1	2	3	4
1. Log IL-6	1044	-	.49***	.13***	.11***
2. Log CRP	1040		-	.15***	.19***
3. Log SBP	1053			-	.13***
4. Log Total/HDL cholesterol	1043				-

Japanese	N	1	2	3	3
1. Log IL-6	382	-	.50***	.38***	.25***
2. Log CRP	382		-	.27***	.28***
3. Log SBP	382			-	.32***
4. Log Total/HDL cholesterol	382				-

Note. IL-6 = Interleukin 6, CRP = C-reactive protein, SBP = systolic blood pressure, Total/HDL cholesterol = the ratio of total to HDL cholesterol. IL-6, CRP, SBP, and total cholesterol scores were winsorized at three standard deviations from the mean in each culture and all biomarkers were log-transformed.

^***p < .001.