Table 1.

Descriptive statistics for study variables

	Full Sample N=928			Congregation Members Only N=312
Variable	Mean/Prop	SD	Range	Mean/Prop	SD	Range
Self-rated health	3.57	.81	1-5	3.59	.81	1-5
Mental Health Inventory-3	11.37	2.32	1-15	11.41	2.43	1-15
Trait anxiety	15.85	4.24	10-36	16.23	4.38	10-36
Trait anger	15.86	3.69	10-37	16.16	4.18	10-37
Female	.47	-	0-1	.50	-	0-1
Age
45-49	.09	-	0-1	.06	-	0-1
50-59	.39	-	0-1	.39	-	0-1
60-69	.33	-	0-1	.34	-	0-1
70-89	.20	-	0-1	.21	-	0-1
Income
<$75,000	.38	-	0-1	.49	-	0-1
$75,000-$149,999	.35	-	0-1	.32	-	0-1
$150,000+	.27	-	0-1	.18	-	0-1
Education
<Bachelor's	.12	-	0-1	.19	-	0-1
Bachelor's	.30	-	0-1	.34	-	0-1
Graduate	.58	-	0-1	.47	-	0-1
Full time employment	.57	-	0-1	.53	-	0-1
Own home	.89	-	0-1	.86	-	0-1
Married	.92	-	0-1	.90	-	0-1
% life lived in U.S.	49.07	18.76	1.63-100	46.92	20.14	5-100
Language at home	3.08	1.21	1-5	2.73	1.16	1-5
Depression/anxiety meds	.04	-	0-1	.05	-	0-1
Alcohol consumption/week
None	.67	-	0-1	.79	-	0-1
1-2	.16	-	0-1	.13	-	0-1
3-5	.09	-	0-1	.04	-	0-1
6-9	.04	-	0-1	.01	-	0-1
10+	.03	-	0-1	.02	-	0-1
Religious tradition
Hindu	.61	-	0-1	.57	-	0-1
Muslim	.08	-	0-1	.11	-	0-1
Jain	.05	-	0-1	.09	-	0-1
Sikh	.05	-	0-1	.07	-	0-1
Other religion	.04	-	0-1	.09	-	0-1
Multiple religions	.07	-	0-1	.06	-	0-1
None	.09	-	0-1	-	-	-
Group prayer
Once/day or more	.07	-	0-1	.14	-	0-1
>Once/week	.04	-	0-1	.09	-	0-1
Once/week	.11	-	0-1	.21	-	0-1
Several/month	.07	-	0-1	.09	-	0-1
Several/year	.29	-	0-1	.27	-	0-1
Never	.39	-	0-1	.18	-	0-1
Religious attendance
Several/week	.06	-	0-1	.13	-	0-1
Once/week	.19	-	0-1	.37	-	0-1
2-3/month	.34	-	0-1	.41	-	0-1
Once/month	.35	-	0-1	.09	-	0-1
Rarely	.06	-	0-1	-	-	-
Giving/receiving cong support
Very Often	-	-	-	.33	-	0-1
Fairly often	-	-	-	.36	-	0-1
Occasional/never	-	-	-	.31	-	0-1
Congregation neglect	-	-	-	.28	-	0-1
Congregation criticism	-	-	-	.39	-	0-1

Source: Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America Study (MASALA)