. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Oct 1.

Published in final edited form as: Psychosom Med. 2019 Oct;81(8):759–768. doi: 10.1097/PSY.0000000000000684

Table 1.

Sample Demographic, Psychosocial and Cardiovascular Risk Factor Characteristics

Characteristic	All Participants (N=52)
	Mean±SD or n,%	Range	Shapiro-Wilk Statistic
Age (years)	40.9 ± 4.3	35-50	.94*
Education (years)	15.71 ± 2.34	12-21	.94*
Expectations of Racism	3.54 ± 1.29	1.43-6.00	.95
Experiences of Racism	1.68 ± .57	.29-3.65	.92*
Systolic Blood Pressure, mm Hg	124.95 ± 10.69	105-160	.97
Diastolic Blood Pressure, mm Hg	81.27 ± 9.17	66-114	.96
Hypertension, n (%)	8 (15.8)
Body Mass Index (kg/m²)	30.64 ±5.99	19-51	.95
Normal weight, n (%)	9 (17.0)
Overweight, n (%)	12 (22.6)
Obese, n (%)	31 (58.5)
Additional Chronic Stressors	1.71 ±. 45	1.00-3.00	.96
Depressive Symptoms (BDI score)	6.37 ± 5.79	0-34.00	.78^**
Hostility	13.87 ± 3.81	4-21	.97

Note: Values are mean ± SD or percentage.

^**

p<.05

^***

p<.001