Table 1.
Unadjusted participant characteristics for the entire sample (overall) and stratified by Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS) level
| Overall | MAAS levela |
p valueb | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low (n=77) | Medium (n=131) | High (n=174) | |||
| Cardiovascular health components | |||||
| Smoking, % ideal | 61 (56, 66) | 49 (38, 61) | 60 (52, 69) | 66 (59, 73) | 0.01 |
| BMI, % ideal | 23 (19, 27) | 13 (5, 21) | 27 (19, 34) | 24 (18, 31) | 0.11 |
| Total cholesterol, % ideal | 47 (42, 52) | 45 (33, 56) | 44 (36, 53) | 49 (42, 57) | 0.42 |
| Diabetes status, % ideal | 51 (45, 56) | 40 (28, 52) | 51 (41, 61) | 56 (47, 64) | 0.05 |
| Blood pressure, % ideal | 34 (29, 39) | 38 (27, 49) | 34 (26, 42) | 32 (25, 39) | 0.34 |
| Fruit/vegetable consumption, % ideal | 14 (11, 18) | 13 (5, 21) | 12 (6, 17) | 17 (11, 23) | 0.30 |
| Physical activity, % ideal | 40 (35, 45) | 27 (17, 38) | 41 (32, 50) | 45 (37, 52) | 0.02 |
| Confounders | |||||
| Age, years | 47.0 (46.8, 47.1) | 46.8 (46.4, 47.1) | 46.8 (46.5, 47.0) | 47.2 (46.9, 47.5) | 0.03 |
| Sex, % female | 57 (52, 62) | 65 (54, 76) | 57 (49, 66) | 53 (45, 60) | 0.08 |
| Race/ethnicity, % white | 66 (62, 71) | 68 (57, 78) | 71 (63, 79) | 63 (55, 70) | 0.29 |
| Potential mediators | |||||
| Depressive symptoms, % CESD ≥10 | 30 (26, 35) | 65 (54, 76) | 34 (25, 42) | 12 (7, 17) | <0.001 |
| Sense of control, % with score >14 | 48 (43, 54) | 74 (64, 84) | 50 (41, 58) | 36 (29, 43) | <0.001 |
| Education, % ≤high school | 70 (66, 75) | 73 (63, 83) | 70 (62, 78) | 70 (63, 76) | 0.66 |
Point estimates represent means or percentages (95 % confidence intervals)
BMI body mass index, CESD Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale
a
MAAS levels represent the following MAAS scores (range 1–6): low, <4; medium, 4–5; high, >5
b
p values derived from ANOVA for continuous variable and chi-squared tests for categorical variables