Table 3.

Factors Linked to Men’s Diurnal Cortisol Slopes.

Variables	Model 1			Model 2			Model 3			Model 4			Model 5
	b	SE	p	b	SE	p	b	SE	p	b	SE	p	b	SE	p
Key health indicator
# medical conditions	.012	.004	.007	.011	.004	.017	.010	.004	.026	.010	.004	.017	.007	.004	.133
Psychological distress	.002	.010	.824	−.001	.010	.921	−.003	.010	.791	−.010	.010	.300	−.014	.010	.149
Other
Age	.000	<.001	.606	.000	<.001	.813	.000	<.001	.739	−.001	<.001	.179	−.001	<.001	.227
Race (Black)				.057	.016	<.001	.052	.016	.001	.049	.016	.002	−.012	.025	.635
Educational attainment							−.012	.005	.025	−.008	.005	.120	−.009	.005	.081
Smoker										.015	.012	.212	.015	.012	.204
Atypical sleep schedule										.009	.014	.512	.010	.014	.493
Medications										.009	.010	.351	.010	.010	.315
Protocol nonadherent										.162	.020	<.001	.160	.020	<.001
Interaction													.043	.013	.002
Race × # medical conditions
Intercept	−.208	.032	<.001	−.214	.031	<.001	−.177	.036	<.001	−.165	.035	<.001	−.156	.034	<.001
R 2	.013			.030			.037			.127			.140
F∆R 2 (p)	2.93 (.033)			12.57 (<.001)			5.04 (.025)			17.65 (<.001)			10.05 (.002)