Skip to main content
. 2016 Mar 10;29(8):913–924. doi: 10.1093/ajh/hpw013

Table 4.

Mean differences in changes in SBP and DBP (SE) with psychosocial factors among African Americans, Jackson Heart Study, 2000–2004 and 2005–2008 (first imputation)

Psychosocial measures Changes in SBP (SE) Changes in DBP (SE)
Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
Cynical distrust
 Low (n = 351) Referent Referent Referent Referent Referent Referent
 Medium (n = 464) 2.48 (2.02) 2.07 (2.04) 1.34 (2.14) 1.64 (1.25) 1.48 (1.27) 0.57 (1.32)
 High (n = 222) 0.41 (2.43) −0.21 (2.48) −1.07 (2.62) 1.92 (1.51) 1.78 (1.54) 1.27 (1.61)
P for trend 0.43 0.49 0.60 0.32 0.40 0.73
 Cynical distrust (SD units) 0.79 (0.88) 0.57 (0.90) 0.18 (0.95) 0.65 (0.55) 0.57 (0.56) 0.32 (0.59)
Anger-in
 Low (n = 432) Referent Referent Referent Referent Referent Referent
 Medium (n = 248) 1.33 (2.13) 1.39 (2.32) 1.59 (2.42) 1.19 (1.43) 1.13 (1.43) 1.06 (1.47)
 High (n = 377) 0.44 (2.04) 0.37 (2.04) −0.58 (2.13) 0.65 (1.26) 0.63 (1.26) 0.64 (1.29)
P for trend 0.85 0.83 0.67 0.70 0.72 0.75
 Anger-in (SD units) −0.03 (0.88) −0.05 (0.88) −0.45 (0.91) 0.69 (0.54) 0.72 (0.54) 0.68 (0.55)
Anger-out
 Low (n = 435) Referent Referent Referent Referent Referent Referent
 Medium (n = 270) −0.56 (2.24) −0.54 (2.24) −0.80 (2.33) 0.40 (1.36) 0.46 (1.36) 0.75 (1.40)
 High (n = 369) 0.79 (2.10) 0.87 (2.10) 0.91 (2.19) 2.22 (1.28) 2.30(1.28) 2.73 (1.31)*,a
P for trend 0.84 0.83 0.78 0.20 0.18 0.11
 Anger-out (SD units) −0.53 (0.93) −0.53 (0.93) −0.71 (0.97) 0.81 (0.57) 0.82 (0.57) 0.84 (0.58)
Depressive symptoms
 Low (n = 375) Referent Referent Referent Referent Referent Referent
 Medium (n = 336) −1.54 (2.15) −1.89 (2.18) −1.47 (2.26) −0.27 (1.33) −0.29 (1.35) 0.13 (1.38)
 High (n = 333) 0.40 (2.20) 0.00 (2.24) −0.17 (2.34) 1.21 (1.36) 1.18 (1.38) 1.27 (1.43)
P for trend 0.65 0.61 0.78 0.53 0.54 0.63
 Depressive symptoms (SD units) −0.31 (0.96) −0.49 (0.97) −0.79 (1.01) 0.53 (0.59) 0.53 (0.60) 0.50 (0.62)
Perceived stress
 Low (n = 469) Referent Referent Referent Referent Referent Referent
 Medium (n = 550) −1.95 (1.86) −1.83 (1.86) −1.55 (1.94) −1.29 (1.11) −1.32 (1.12) −1.11 (1.15)
 High (n = 628) −1.53 (1.83) −1.55 (1.83) −1.29 (1.94) −0.54 (1.10) −0.57 (1.10) −0.63 (1.15)
P for trend 0.55 0.58 0.71 0.50 0.49 0.63
 Perceived stress (SD units) −0.77 (0.74) −0.80 (0.74) −0.93 (0.77) −0.24 (0.44) −0.25 (0.44) −0.36 (0.46)
WSI-event
 Low (n = 317) Referent Referent Referent Referent Referent Referent
 Medium (n = 413) 0.35 (2.18) 0.57 (2.19) 1.08 (2.28) 2.33 (1.34) 2.38 (1.34) 2.63 (1.38)
 High (n = 452) 1.29 (2.20) 1.30 (2.20) 2.21 (2.31) 1.65 (1.35) 1.58 (1.35) 2.53 (1.40)
P for trend 0.82 0.84 0.63 0.21 0.20 0.11
 WSI-event (SD units) 0.72 (0.87) 0.69 (0.87) 0.75 (0.91) 0.54 (0.53) 0.49 (0.54) 0.64 (0.55)
WSI-impact
 Low (n = 299) Referent Referent Referent Referent Referent Referent
 Medium (n = 335) 0.67 (2.30) 0.74 (2.30) 1.38 (2.39) 0.77 (1.42) 0.68 (1.43) 1.46 (1.46)
 High (n = 381) 1.93 (2.28) 1.92 (2.29) 2.02 (2.38) 1.35 (1.41) 1.24 (1.41) 1.75 (1.45)
P for trend 0.69 0.69 0.69 0.64 0.68 0.45
 WSI-impact (SD units) 1.13 (0.90) 1.12 (0.91) 1.19 (0.95) 0.88 (0.56) 0.86 (0.56) 1.04 (0.58)
Major life events
 Low (n = 879) Referent Referent Referent Referent Referent Referent
 Medium (n = 360) 0.54 (1.76) 0.63 (1.76) 0.72 (1.83) 1.71 (1.06) 1.70 (1.06) 1.40 (1.09)
 High (n = 271) −0.92 (1.98) −0.95 (1.98) −1.53 (2.04) 1.04 (1.19) 1.05 (1.19) 1.00 (1.22)
P for trend 0.81 0.79 0.63 0.24 0.25 0.39
 Major life events (SD units) −0.40 (0.76) −0.40 (0.76) −0.56 (0.78) 0.41 (0.46) 0.40 (0.46) 0.42 (0.47)
Cumulative negative affect
 Low (n = 316) Referent Referent Referent Referent Referent Referent
 Medium (n = 390) 2.27 (2.16) 2.13 (2.17) 2.61 (2.27) 1.50 (1.32) 1.46 (1.33) 1.93 (1.37)
 High (n = 215) 0.78 (2.54) 0.43 (2.56) −0.13 (2.69) 1.74 (1.55) 1.69 (1.57) 2.27 (1.63)
P for trend 0.57 0.59 0.42 0.42 0.45 0.26
 Cumulative negative affect (SD units) 0.19 (0.95) 0.05 (0.96) −0.07 (1.01) 0.69 (0.58) 0.67 (0.58) 0.92 (0.61)
Cumulative stress
 Low (n = 268) Referent Referent Referent Referent Referent Referent
 Medium (n = 423) −0.11 (2.19) −0.12 (2.19) 0.03 (2.30) 2.59 (1.36) 2.45 (1.36) 2.38 (1.41)
 High (n = 236) 2.94 (2.57) 2.95 (2.58) 2.96 (2.70) 3.52 (1.60)*,a 3.37 (1.60)*,a 3.67 (1.65)*,a
P for trend 0.37 0.37 0.42 0.06 0.08 0.08
 Cumulative stress (SD units) 0.96 (0.98) 0.96 (0.98) 1.10 (1.03) 1.07 (0.61) 1.02 (0.61) 1.21 (0.63)

PR represents prevalence ratio; low, medium, and high represent the first, second, and third tertile of each psychosocial factor at baseline. Model 1 is adjusted for age, gender, and psychosocial factor; model 2 is adjusted for model 1 + education; model 3 is adjusted for model 2 + current smoking, sodium intake, calories from fat, total fiber, physical activity, BMI, type 2 diabetes, and total cholesterol. P for trend represents the linear trend across categories for each psychosocial factor. First imputation—for participants taking antihypertensive medications, BP values were imputed by adding 10mm Hg to the SBP and 5mm Hg to the DBP.

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; BP, blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; PR, prevalence ratio; SBP, systolic blood pressure; WSI, weekly stress inventory.

aBonferroni-adjusted P value for multiple testing: 0.02 (negative affect measures) and 0.02 (stress measures).

P ≤ 0.1; *P ≤ 0.05.