Table 2.

Differences in Health Outcomes by Incidence of Layoff and Business Closed Since the First Interview

	Ever had layoff			Ever had bus. closed
	No	Yes	T-test	No	Yes	T-test
Count of risk markers	1.597	1.807	3.062	1.615	1.785	1.940
High HbA1c	0.132	0.155	1.240	0.133	0.163	1.267
High CRP	0.364	0.420	2.125	0.367	0.436	2.059
High Cystatin C	0.045	0.045	−0.028	0.045	0.042	−0.181
High total cholesterol	0.207	0.233	1.181	0.211	0.209	−0.082
High diastolic BP	0.198	0.203	0.220	0.198	0.205	0.249
High systolic BP.	0.287	0.293	0.277	0.284	0.323	1.251
High pulse over 60 sec.	0.048	0.088	3.307	0.053	0.070	1.087
Low HDL	0.189	0.207	0.838	0.191	0.196	0.170
Low total cholesterol	0.107	0.146	2.274	0.112	0.120	0.355
Low diastolic BP	0.021	0.017	−0.496	0.021	0.021	0.023
Diabetes	0.176	0.167	−0.431	0.175	0.173	−0.078
Hypertension	0.520	0.564	1.640	0.522	0.572	1.432
Heart disease	0.186	0.171	−0.693	0.181	0.210	1.069
Stroke	0.054	0.052	−0.119	0.054	0.049	−0.294
Cancer	0.122	0.151	1.607	0.127	0.122	−0.203
Lung disease	0.082	0.098	1.104	0.082	0.110	1.462
Died	0.019	0.028	1.163	0.019	0.036	1.712
Observations	2174	444		2360	258

Sample weights used. The sample is restricted to respondents who are employed at the first observation CRP: C-reactive protein, BP: blood pressure, HDL: high-density lipoprotein. T statistics based on weighted regressions.