Table 7.

Linear Hierarchical Regression Analyses for LF 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=9.56***)		Block 1 (Model F= 10.68***)		Block 1 (Model F=5.55*)
	Adj R-Sq: 0.05		Adj R-Sq: 0.06		Adj R-Sq: 0.03
Intercept	7.07	128.75***	7.07	129.19***	7.07	127.18***
Stress	−0.06	−3.09***	−0.18	−3.27***	−0.06	−2.36*
	Block 2 (Model F= 17.18***)		Block 2 (Model F= 18.34***)		Block 2 (Model F= 14.99***)
	Adj R-Sq: 0.17		Adj R-Sq: 0.18		Adj R-Sq: 0.15
Intercept	7.92	43.44***	7.93	43.83***	7.93	43.01***
Stress	−0.05	−2.88***	−0.16	−3.21***	−0.05	−2.13*
Age	−0.03	−4.84***	−0.03	−4.94***	−0.03	−4.86***
	Block 3 (Model F= 20.6***)		Block 3 (Model F= 20.95***)		Block 3 (Model F= 19.6***)
	Adj R-Sq: 0.27		Adj R-Sq: 0.28		Adj R-Sq: 0.26
Intercept	7.24	32.53***	7.26	32.63***	7.22	32.26***
Stress	−0.04	−2.27*	−0.12	−2.44*	−0.04	−1.72
Age	−0.03	−5.44***	−0.03	−5.51***	−0.03	−5.47***
Sex	0.47	4.75***	0.45	4.62***	0.48	4.93***
	Block 4 (Model F= 12.02***)		Block 4 (Model F= 12.25***)		Block 4 (Model F= 11.73***)
	Adj R-Sq: 0.30		Adj R-Sq: 0.30		Adj R-Sq: 0.29
Intercept	7.61	24.72***	7.64	24.95***	7.62	24.62***
Stress	−0.03	−1.54	−0.09	−1.82	−0.02	−1.08
Age	−0.03	−4.58***	−0.03	−4.6***	−0.03	−4.57***
Sex	0.44	4.57***	0.43	4.44***	0.45	4.69***
Race	−0.18	−1.51	−0.18	−1.46	−0.19	−1.54
BMI	−0.01	−1.49	−0.01	−1.54	−0.01	−1.56
Smoker	−0.20	−1.67	−0.20	−1.7	−0.22	−1.8

^*p<0.05,

^**p<0.01,

^***p<0.001