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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 2.

Weighted Descriptive Statistics for Women (N=1,158)

%/mean(SD) %/mean(SD)
Sexual Variables at Wave 1 Sexual Variables at Wave 2
Respondent had sex last year Respondent had sex last year
 No (ref) 60.5  No (ref) 77.0
 Yes 39.3  Yes 22.9
 Missing 0.2  Missing 0.1
Sex frequency in past year Sex frequency in past year
 Never (ref) 60.5  Never (ref) 67.2
 Once a month 13.6  Once a month 9.7
 2–3 times a month 11.7  2–3 times a month 11.2
 Once a week or more 11.4  Once a week or more 10.8
 Missing 2.8  Missing 1.1
Physical pleasure of relationship Physical pleasure of relationship
 None/slightly/moderately pleasurable (ref) 36.6  None/slightly/moderately pleasurable (ref) 19.4
 Very pleasurable 35.1  Very pleasurable 17.7
 Extremely pleasurable 22.5  Extremely pleasurable 16.5
 Missing 5.8  Missing 46.4
Emotional satisfaction of relationship Emotional satisfaction of relationship
 None/slightly/moderately satisfying (ref) 36.3  None/slightly/moderately satisfying (ref) 18.4
 Very satisfied 33.8  Very satisfied 21.1
 Extremely satisfied 24.8  Extremely satisfied 14.9
 Missing 5.1  Missing 45.6

Cardiovascular Risk Outcomes at Wave 1 Cardiovascular Risk Outcomes at Wave 2
Hypertension Hypertension
 Normal (ref) 27.6  Normal (ref) 23.1
 Controlled hypertension 21.8  Controlled hypertension 24.4
 Undiagnosed hypertension 16.9  Undiagnosed hypertension 16.5
 Uncontrolled hypertension 31.8  Uncontrolled hypertension 32.6
 Missing 1.9  Missing 3.4
Rapid heart rate Rapid heart rate
 No (ref) 76.7  No (ref) 74.2
 Yes 21.4  Yes 21.6
 Missing 1.9  Missing 4.2
CRP level CRP level
 ≤3 (ref) 44.9  ≤3 (ref) 51.1
 >3 and ≤10 17.1  >3 and ≤10 31.3
 >10 3.3  >10 8.9
 Missing 34.7  Missing 8.7
CVD events CVD events
 No (ref) 86.5  No (ref) 84.7
 Yes 13.1  Yes 14.6
 Missing 0.4  Missing 0.7

Covariates at Wave 1
Race-ethnicity BMI
 Non-Hispanic white (ref) 80.8  Normal or underweight (ref) 24.7
 Non-Hispanic black 10.4  Overweight 33.3
 Hispanic 6.5  Obesity 30.2
 Others 2.3  Morbidly obese 6.2
Education  Missing 5.6
 Less than high school (ref) 17.8 Smoke
 High school 27.8  No (ref) 87.2
 Some college 35.0  Yes 12.8
 College graduate 19.4 Drink
Relative family income  No (ref) 47.5
 Below average (ref) 29.5  Yes 52.5
 Average 35.7 Sexual hormones use
 Above average 19.1  No (ref) 87.5
 Missing 15.7  Yes 12.5
Marital status Antihypertensive medication use
 Not married (ref) 47.1  No (ref) 41.4
 Married 52.9  Yes 58.6
Physical activity Self-rated health 2.4(1.0)
 < 3 times per week (ref) 38.6 Psychological distress 5.4(5.1)
 >= 3 times per week 61.4 Age 68.0(7.5)
Probability of death at Wave 2 0.1(0.1)

ref indicates the reference category.