Table 2.
Baseline levels of biological measures.
| Socioeconomic status |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Higher (207) |
Intermediate (209) |
Lower (121) |
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| Waist-hip ratio grouping | Small | Large | Small | Large | Small | Large |
| Systolic BP (mmHg) N = 522 | 122.28 (13.95) | 124.76 (14.29) | 124.44 (14.82) | 127.36 (14.41) | 132.22 (15.22) | 129.96 (14.57) |
| Diastolic BP (mmHg) N = 520 | 71.53 (8.51) | 74.17 (8.31) | 73.41 (10.76) | 75.54 (9.82) | 76.13 (9.11) | 78.08 (10.31) |
| Heart rate (bpm) N = 479 | 65.85 (9.20) | 67.13 (9.15) | 65.81 (9.28) | 67.19 (8.88) | 65.08 (7.21) | 68.28 (9.61) |
| Heart rate variability (rms, ln) N = 446 | 3.05 (0.38) | 3.09 (0.52) | 3.08 (0.45) | 3.04 (0.49) | 3.07 (0.49) | 3.02 (0.55) |
| Plasma IL-6 (pg/ml) N = 519 | 1.19 (0.74) | 1.28 (0.74) | 1.43 (1.02) | 1.30 (0.71) | 1.32 (0.57) | 1.58 (0.93) |
| Plasma fibrinogen (g/L) N = 516 | 3.06 (0.52) | 3.09 (0.53) | 3.20 (0.64) | 3.02 (0.61) | 3.08 (0.53) | 3.48 (0.71) |
| Plasma C-reactive protein (mg/L) N = 520 | 1.30 (1.24) | 1.70 (2.21) | 1.81 (2.34) | 1.51 (1.76) | 1.47 (1.18) | 2.58 (3.69) |
| Salivary cortisol (ln, nmol/ml) N = 523 | 1.84 (0.46) | 1.90 (0.46) | 1.85 (0.50) | 1.92 (0.44) | 1.99 (0.47) | 2.03 (0.42) |
| HbA1c (mmol/mol) N = 530 | 36.1 (3.40) | 35.5 (5.04) | 36.4 (3.56) | 35.9 (4.83) | 37.2 (10.30) | 36.7 (4.15) |
Values are presented as means (SD) and are adjusted for age, sex, smoking status and BMI. Salivary cortisol additionally adjusted for time of day of stress testing.