Table 6.

Linear Hierarchical Regression Analyses for VLF 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=10.85***)		Block 1 (Model F=9.34***)		Block 1 (Model F=7.28**)
	Adj R-Sq: 0.06		Adj R-Sq: 0.05		Adj R-Sq: 0.04
Intercept	7.73	146.43***	7.73	145.76***	7.73	144.84***
Stress	−0.06	−3.29***	−0.16	−3.06***	−0.07	−2.7**
	Block 2 (Model F=11.08***)		Block 2 (Model F=10.58***)		Block 2 (Model F=9.28**)
	Adj R-Sq 0.11		Adj R-Sq 0.11		Adj R-Sq 0.10
Intercept	8.30	45.62***	8.31	45.66***	8.31	45.23***
Stress	−0.06	−3.11***	−0.15	−2.95***	−0.06	−2.51**
Age	−0.02	−3.26***	−0.02	−3.35***	−0.02	−3.29***
	Block 3 (Model F=16.68***)		Block 3 (Model F=15.98***)		Block 3 (Model F=15.95***)
	Adj R-Sq: 0.23		Adj R-Sq: 0.22		Adj R-Sq: 0.22
Intercept	7.60	34.4***	7.61	34.21***	7.58	34.17***
Stress	−0.04	−2.5**	−0.11	−2.14*	−0.05	−2.12*
Age	−0.02	−3.79***	−0.02	−3.86***	−0.02	−3.82***
Sex	0.48	4.95***	0.48	4.86***	0.50	5.12***
	Block 4 (Model F=10***)		Block 4 (Model F=9.8***)		Block 4 (Model F=9.8***)
	Adj R-Sq: 0.26		Adj R-Sq: 0.25		Adj R-Sq: 0.25
Intercept	7.87	25.74***	7.90	25.85***	7.87	25.64***
Stress	−0.03	−1.75	−0.07	−1.5	−0.03	−1.48
Age	−0.02	−3.04***	−0.02	−3.04***	−0.02	−3.03***
Sex	0.46	4.78***	0.46	4.71***	0.47	4.9***
Race	−0.18	−1.47	−0.18	−1.45	−0.18	−1.51
BMI	−0.01	−1.02	−0.01	−1.13	−0.01	−1.07
Smoker	−0.24	−2.03*	−0.26	−2.15*	−0.25	−2.13*

^*p<0.05,

^**p<0.01,

^***p<0.001