Table 5.

Linear Hierarchical Regression Analyses for ULF for each Stress and Other Demographic and Behavioral Risk Measures

Variable Entered	Beta	t Value	Beta	t Value	Beta	t Value
	TOTAL STRESS		CHRONIC STRESS		CALE
	Block 1 (Model F=8.1**)		Block 1 (Model F=10.52**)		Block 1 (Model F=4.29*)
	Adj R-Sq: 0.04		Adj R-Sq: 0.06		Adj R-Sq: 0.02
Intercept	9.40	172.64***	9.40	173.94***	9.40	170.60
Stress	−0.06	−2.85**	−0.18	−3.24***	−0.05	−2.07*
	Block 2 (Model F=9.75***)		Block 2 (Model F=11.26***)		Block 2 (Model F=7.85**)
	Adj R-Sq: 0.10		Adj R-Sq: 0.12		Adj R-Sq: 0.08
Intercept	9.99	53.32***	10.00	53.9***	10.01	52.83
Stress	−0.05	−2.66**	−0.16	−3.15***	−0.05	−1.89
Age	−0.02	−3.3***	−0.02	−3.36***	−0.02	−3.34***
	Block 3 (Model F=11.44***)		Block 3 (Model F=12.12***)		Block 3 (Model F=10.54***)
	Adj R-Sq: 0.17		Adj R-Sq: 0.18		Adj R-Sq: 0.16
Intercept	9.44	40.05***	9.47	40.28***	9.42	39.73
Stress	−0.04	−2.13*	−0.13	−2.51**	−0.04	−1.52
Age	−0.02	−3.61***	−0.02	−3.65***	−0.02	−3.65***
Sex	0.38	3.64***	0.36	3.49***	0.40	3.81***
	Block 4 (Model F=6.14***)		Block 4 (Model F=6.44***)		Block 4 (Model F=5.73***)
	Adj R-Sq: 0.17		Adj R-Sq: 0.17		Adj R-Sq: 0.15
Intercept	9.39	28.24***	9.42	28.54***	9.39	28.05
Stress	−0.04	−2.01*	−0.12	−2.35*	−0.03	−1.41
Age	−0.02	−3.5***	−0.02	−3.52***	−0.02	−3.48***
Sex	0.37	3.53***	0.35	3.39***	0.38	3.68***
Race	−0.21	−1.59	−0.20	−1.53	−0.21	−1.63
BMI	0.00	0.44	0.00	0.39	0.00	0.34
Smoker	0.00	0.01	0.00	−0.02	−0.02	−0.15

^*p<0.05

^**p<0.01

^***p<0.001