Table 3.
Regression coefficients (95% confidence intervals) for high frequency heart rate variability on marital quality measures among individuals married for 10 or more years (n=533)
| Covariates Only |
Satisfaction | Support | Strain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline Marital Quality | .03 (−.03 , .10) |
.10 (−.12 , .35) |
−.06 (−.26 , .14) |
|
| Marital Quality Change | .09** (.02 , .16) |
.28* (.01 , .55) |
−.26* (−.48 , −.03) |
|
| Remarried | −.37** (−.64 , −.10) |
−.37** (−.64 , −.09) |
−.37** (−.64 , −.10) |
|
| Age | −.03*** (−.04 , −.02) |
−.04*** (−.05 , −.03) |
−.03*** (−.05 , −.02) |
−.04*** (−.05 , −.03) |
| Gender | .08 (−.08 , .24) |
.11 (−.10 , .31) |
.13 (−.08 , .34) |
.10 (−.10 , .30) |
| Race/Ethnicity | .20 (−.13 , .52) |
.06 (−.42 , .54) |
.05 (−.42 , .51) |
.07 (−.39 , .53) |
| College | .04 (−.12 , .21) |
−.02 (−.22 , .19) |
−.01 (−.21 , .19) |
−.03 (−.23 , .18) |
| Smoking | .33* (.07 , .58) |
.20 (−.19 , .60) |
.21 (−.18 , .61) |
.21 (−.18 , .60) |
| Exercise | .05 (−.14 , .24) |
.01 (−.24 , .26) |
.00 (−.25 , .25) |
.02 (−.24 , .27) |
| BMI (kg/m2) | −.02** (−.03 , −.01) |
−.02 (−.04 , .00) |
−.02 (−.04 , .00) |
−.02 (−.04 , .00) |
| Medication (increase) | .38*** (.14 , .61) |
.24* (−.05 , .53) |
.26 (.04 , .55) |
.24* (.-.05 , .53) |
| Medication (decrease) | −.34** (−.54 , −.12) |
−.37** |
−.36** (−.61 , −.10) |
−.33** (−.58 , −.08) |
| Depressive Symptoms | −.00 (−.01 , .01) |
−.00 (−.02 , .01) |
−.01 (−.02 , .01) |
.01 (−.02 , .01) |
| Heart Disease | .06 (−.23 , .36) |
.19 (−.17 , .55) |
.17 (−.19 , .53) |
.16 (−.21 , .53) |
|
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| R2 | .117 | .143 | .138 | .140 |
*
p ≤ .05
**
p ≤ .01
***
p ≤ .001