Table 1.
Demographics, clinical variables and statistical analyses with stress (Northeastern US, 2004–2006).
| All (n = 571) |
Stress score |
Systolic BP |
Diastolic BP |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean ± SD n (%) |
Mean ± SD | Coefficient (SE)1 | p | Mean ± SD | Coefficient (SE)1 | p | Mean ± SD | Coefficient (SE)1 | p | |
| Age | 47.6 ± 11.7 | −0.701 (0.177) | <.001⁎ | 0.602 (0.062) | <.001⁎ | 0.123 (0.034) | <.001⁎ | |||
| 18 to 29 years | 42 (7) | 6.4 ± 2.4 | 114.9 ± 11.5 | 72.7 ± 9.0 | ||||||
| 30 to 39 years | 112 (20) | 6.7 ± 2.4 | 119.1 ± 16.0 | 76.8 ± 10.7 | ||||||
| 40 to 49 years | 146 (26) | 6.8 ± 2.7 | 125.3 ± 15.8 | 79.3 ± 8.5 | ||||||
| 50 to 59 years | 187 (33) | 5.8 ± 2.9 | 128.1 ± 17.2 | 78.7 ± 9.2 | ||||||
| Above 60 years | 84 (14) | 5.3 ± 2.7 | 140.2 ± 23.5 | 79.4 ± 9.8 | ||||||
| All (n = 571) |
Stress score |
Systolic BP |
Diastolic BP |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean ± SD | F-statistic2 | p | Mean ± SD | F-statistic2 | p | Mean ± SD | F-statistic2 | p | ||
| Household income | 0.935 | .479 | 1.978 | .080 | 0.923 | .466 | ||||
| <10K | 106 (20) | 6.6 ± 3.1 | 126.9 ± 19.8 | 78.2 ± 8.1 | ||||||
| 10–20K | 78 (15) | 6.1 ± 2.6 | 126.2 ± 17.5 | 78.1 ± 9.9 | ||||||
| 21–30K | 108 (20) | 6.4 ± 2.7 | 129.5 ± 21.7 | 79.3 ± 10.2 | ||||||
| 31–40K | 81 (15) | 6.3 ± 2.7 | 124.8 ± 17.1 | 76.9 ± 9.3 | ||||||
| 41–70K | 103 (19) | 6.1 ± 2.3 | 122.7 ± 17.2 | 77.1 ± 10.0 | ||||||
| >70K | 54 (11) | 5.7 ± 2.6 | 122.1 ± 15.9 | 76.9 ± 9.4 | ||||||
| Education | 0.983 | .448 | 3.110 | .026⁎ | 2.089 | .101 | ||||
| Less than high school | 74 (13) | 6.2 ± 2.3 | 130.3 ± 22.4 | 79.3 ± 10.4 | ||||||
| High school graduate/GED | 160 (28) | 5.9 ± 2.9 | 127.4 ± 19.6 | 77.9 ± 9.3 | ||||||
| Some college | 181 (32) | 6.5 ± 2.5 | 126.7 ± 17.9 | 78.9 ± 9.3 | ||||||
| College and above | 150 (27) | 6.1 ± 2.4 | 122.8 ± 16.4 | 76.6 ± 9.7 | ||||||
| Ethnicity | 1.128 | .342 | 0.287 | .835 | 0.078 | .972 | ||||
| African | 380 (67) | 6.1 ± 2.7 | 126.4 ± 19.1 | 78.1 ± 10.1 | ||||||
| Caribbean | 108 (19) | 6.4 ± 2.3 | 125.7 ± 17.9 | 78.4 ± 8.8 | ||||||
| Cape Verdean | 44 (8) | 6.3 ± 2.3 | 126.2 ± 16.8 | 77.7 ± 7.6 | ||||||
| Native American | 33 (6) | 6.8 ± 2.8 | 129.2 ± 20.8 | 78.5 ± 7.7 | ||||||
| Household composition/lives with | 2.363 | .004⁎ | 4.859 | .002⁎ | 1.971 | .117 | ||||
| Children only | 127 (22) | 7.1 ± 2.7 | 124.6 ± 16.7 | 77.7 ± 8.9 | ||||||
| Other adults | 129 (23) | 5.6 ± 2.7 | 130.4 ± 20.03 | 79.7 ± 10.7 | ||||||
| Both adults and children | 190 (33) | 6.2 ± 2.6 | 123.2 ± 16.6 | 77.1 ± 9.3 | ||||||
| Alone | 125 (22) | 5.7 ± 2.7 | 128.7 ± 21.3 | 78.4 ± 9.3 | ||||||
| All (n = 571) | Stress | |||||||||
| All (n = 571) |
Stress score |
Systolic BP |
Diastolic BP |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean ± SD | Coefficient (SE)1, 3 | p | Mean ± SD | Coefficient (SE)1, 4 | p | Mean ± SD | Coefficient (SE)1, 5 | p | ||
| Systolic BP | 126.4 ± 18.7 | NA | 0.630 (0.288) | .029⁎ | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Diastolic BP | 78.1 ± 9.6 | NA | 0.138 (0.148) | .058 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| BMI | 36.4 ± 7.5 | NA | 0.019 (0.015) | .201 | NA | 0.178 (0.104) | .089 | 0.148 (0.053) | .005⁎ | |
| Normal | 12 (2) | 6.5 ± 3.1 | 119.1 ± 18.9 | 73.5 ± 9.2 | ||||||
| Overweight | 101 (18) | 5.9 ± 2.4 | 124.3 ± 20.2 | 76.7 ± 10.9 | ||||||
| Obese | 163 (29) | 6.1 ± 2.8 | 126.2 ± 17.5 | 77.7 ± 8.7 | ||||||
| Morbidly obese | 283 (51) | 6.3 ± 2.8 | 127.4 ± 18.9 | 78.9 ± 9.6 | ||||||
| Waist circumference | 106.8 ± 15.9 | NA | 0.004 (0.007) | .451 | NA | 0.096 (0.048) | .046⁎ | 0.072 (0.025) | .005⁎ | |
| <88 cm | 48 (8) | 6.2 ± 2.9 | 119.8 ± 17.8 | 74.3 ± 11.4 | ||||||
| ≥88 cm | 512 (92) | 6.1 ± 2.8 | 126.7 ± 18.1 | 78.5 ± 9.3 | ||||||
| All (n = 571) |
Stress score |
Systolic BP |
Diastolic BP |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean ± SD | t-statistic2, 3 | p | Mean ± SD | t-statistic2, 4 | p | Mean ± SD | t-statistic2, 5 | p | ||
| Diabetic status | 0.684 | .409 | 3.177 | .075 | 0.827 | .363 | ||||
| Yes | 103 (18) | 6.0 ± 2.9 | 129.3 ± 19.9 | 77.3 ± 9.1 | ||||||
| No | 466 (82) | 6.2 ± 2.7 | 125.7 ± 18.4 | 78.3 ± 9.7 | ||||||
| BP control | 3.767 | .043⁎ | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | ||
| Yes | 370 (65) | 5.9 ± 2.8 | ||||||||
| No | 201 (35) | 6.3 ± 2.7 | ||||||||
Note.
1
Simple Linear Regression.
2
One-way ANOVA/t-test.
3
Adjusted for age and household composition.
4
Adjusted for age, education and household composition.
5
Adjusted for age only.