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. 2013 Apr 22;1(2):e14. doi: 10.4081/hpr.2013.e14

Table 2.

Correlations of demographic variables, self-report measures and medical variables.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Age -0.18° -0.01 0.12° 0.09* 0.08* 0.08* -0.01 -0.03 -0.03 -0.40 0.01 0.15° -0.01
Education 0.10* -0.14° -0.19° -0.12* 0.25° -0.08* -0.26° -0.11* -0.13° -0.03 -0.08* -0.08*
Marital status -0.22° -0.18° -0.21° 0.11* -0.10* -0.15° -0.09* 0.02 0.04 0.00 0.04
Depression 0.49° 0.84* -0.16° 0.21° 0.17° 0.18° 0.05 0.05 0.00 -0.03
Hopelessness 0.44° 0.45° -0.18° 0.09* 0.10* 0.06 -0.01 -0.01 -0.02 -0.03
Vital exhaust. 0.83° 0.39° -0.16° 0.21° 0.13° 0.18° 0.06 0.07 0.01 0.01
Healthy food -0.12° -0.12° -0.11° -0.24° -0.32° -0.18° -0.16° -0.07 -0.12° -0.15°
Inactivity 0.19° 0.06 0.20° -0.21° 0.17° 0.09* 0.07 0.13° 0.03 0.06
Smoking 0.12° 0.03 0.07 -0.23° 0.14° 0.32° 0.30° -0.05 -0.01 -0.09*
Alcohol 0.15° 0.02 0.15° -0.15° 0.10* 0.29° 0.03 0.05 0.13° 0.16°
Coffee 0.06 -0.03 0.06 -0.12° 0.06 0.27° 0.03 0.08* 0.01 -0.02
BMI 0.07 -0.03 0.08* -0.07 0.14° -0.06 0.06 0.08* 0.29° 0.34°
SBP -0.03 -0.05 -0.01 -0.12° 0.03 -0.03 0.12° 0.01 0.29° 0.69°
DBP -0.01 -0.03 0.02 -0.13° 0.06 -0.11° 0.15° -0.03 0.34° 0.70°

*P<0.05.

°P<0.01 (2-tailed).

BMI, body mass index; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure. Above diagonal, correlations of all variables. Due to missing data N varies 675-710. Below diagonal, correlations controlled for age, education and marital status, N=648.