Table 3.

Associations between measures of stress and cardiovascular risk factors among Yale Stress Center cohort, 2007–12.

	SBP (n=628)		DBP (n=627)		BMI (n=687)		HOMA-IR (n=562)
	ß	p-value	ß	p-value	ß	p-value	ß	p-value
Cumulative Life Events
Unadjusted	0.36	<0.001	0.28	<0.001	0.19	<0.001	0.04	0.002
Adjusted*	0.22	0.006	0.14	0.017	0.134	<0.001	0.02	0.14
Chronic Stress Score
Unadjusted	0.007	0.614	0.018	0.34	0.203	<0.001	0.327	0.006
Adjusted*	0.01	0.914	−0.38	0.6	0.111	0.001	0.022	0.15
Perceived Stress Scale
Unadjusted	0.0004	0.986	−0.018	0.558	0.142	0.017	0.347	0.047
Adjusted*	0.012	0.85	−0.188	0.7	0.049	0.041	0.016	0.127
Composite Stress Score
Unadjusted	−0.001	0.88	−0.004	0.448	0.05	<0.001	0.092	0.006
Adjusted*	0.177	0.513	−0.072	0.724	0.355	<0.001	0.077	0.064

^*Adjusted for age, race/ethnicity, sex, education, and smoking status.

Abbreviations: SBP = systolic blood pressure; DBP = diastolic blood pressure; BMI = body mass index; HOMA-IR = homeostasis model assessment