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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Oct 6.
Published in final edited form as: J Health Soc Behav. 2016 Sep;57(3):276–296. doi: 10.1177/0022146516661597

Table 1.

Weighted Descriptive Statistics for Men (N=1,046)

%/mean(SD) %/mean(SD)
Sexuality Variables at Wave 1 Sexuality Variables at Wave 2
Respondent had sex last year Respondent had sex last year
 No (ref) 30.5  No (ref) 51.3
 Yes 69.5  Yes 48.7
Sex frequency in past year Sex frequency in past year
 Never (ref) 30.5  Never (ref) 40.0
 Once a month 22.0  Once a month 19.5
 2–3 times a month 20.0  2–3 times a month 18.3
 Once a week or more 24.9  Once a week or more 19.8
 Missing 2.6  Missing 2.4
Physical pleasure of relationship Physical pleasure of relationship
 None/slightly/moderately pleasurable (ref) 19.2  None/slightly/moderately pleasurable (ref) 17.3
 Very pleasurable 41.3  Very pleasurable 34.6
 Extremely pleasurable 35.7  Extremely pleasurable 33.4
 Missing 3.8  Missing 14.7
Emotional satisfaction of relationship Emotional satisfaction of relationship
 None/slightly/moderately satisfying (ref) 18.6  None/slightly/moderately satisfying (ref) 16.4
 Very satisfied 42.7  Very satisfied 36.2
 Extremely satisfied 36.7  Extremely satisfied 34.1
 Missing 2.0  Missing 13.3

Cardiovascular Risk Outcomes at Wave 1 Cardiovascular Risk Outcomes at Wave 2
Hypertension Hypertension
 Normal (ref) 30.0  Normal (ref) 23.9
 Controlled hypertension 20.3  Controlled hypertension 22.5
 Undiagnosed hypertension 16.6  Undiagnosed hypertension 16.1
 Uncontrolled hypertension 31.6  Uncontrolled hypertension 32.9
 Missing 1.5  Missing 4.6
Rapid heart rate Rapid heart rate
 No (ref) 80.4  No (ref) 75.8
 Yes 17.8  Yes 19.0
 Missing 1.8  Missing 5.2
CRP level CRP level
 ≤3 (ref) 52.6  ≤3 (ref) 60.7
 >3 and ≤10 12.9  >3 and ≤10 22.8
 >10 1.8  >10 7.1
 Missing 32.7  Missing 9.4
CVD events CVD events
 No (ref) 79.3  No (ref) 77.9
 Yes 20.3  Yes 21.4
 Missing 0.4  Missing 0.7

Covariates at Wave 1
Race-ethnicity BMI
 Non-Hispanic white (ref) 80.8  Normal or underweight (ref) 19.4
 Non-Hispanic black 8.6  Overweight 38.6
 Hispanic 7.1  Obesity 33.3
 Others 3.5  Morbidly obese 3.3
Education  Missing 5.4
 Less than high school (ref) 15.4 Smoke
 High school 22.7  No (ref) 84.0
 Some college 27.3  Yes 16.0
 College graduate 34.6 Drink
Relative family income  No (ref) 31.8
 Below average (ref) 20.9  Yes 68.2
 Average 31.9 Sexual hormones use
 Above average 30.1  No (ref) 97.7
 Missing 17.1  Yes 2.3
Marital status Antihypertensive medication use
 Not married (ref) 19.5  No (ref) 4.4
 Married 80.5  Yes 55.6
Physical activity Self-rated health 2.4(1.0)
 < 3 times per week (ref) 28.7 Psychological distress 4.5(4.5)
 >= 3 times per week 71.3 Age 66.7(7.5)
Probability of death at Wave 2 0.1(0.1)

ref indicates the reference category.