Table 1.

Intercorrelations among the four biomarkers constituting biological health risk for Americans (top) and Japanese (bottom)

Sample and measure	n	Correlations
		2	3	4
Americans
1. Log IL-6	1044	.49***	.13***	.11***
2. Log CRP	1040	–	.15***	.19***
3. Log SBP	1053		–	.13***
4. Log T-to-HDL ratio	1043			–
Japanese
1. Log IL-6	382	.50***	.38***	.25***
2. Log CRP	382	–	.27***	.28***
3. Log SBP	382		–	.32***
4. Log T-to-HDL ratio	382			–

Adapted from [19^••].

Note: Interleukin-6 (IL-6), C-reactive protein (CRP), systolic blood pressure (SBP), and total cholesterol scores were winsorized to 3 standard deviations from the mean to adjust for extreme values (calculated separately for each culture), and all biomarkers were log-transformed to reduce skewness.

^***p < .001.