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. 2020 Apr 28;20:566. doi: 10.1186/s12889-020-08573-0

Table 3.

Prevalence Ratios (PR 95% CI) of Hypertension and Diabetes Control by psychosocial measures among men and women, JHS (2000–2004).

Psychosocial Measures Hypertension Control (PR, 95% CI) Diabetes Control (PR, 95% CI)
Men Women Men Women
Cynical distrust
 Low (referent) 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
 Medium 0.75 (0.55–1.02)Ɨ 0.97 (0.77–1.23) 1.49 (0.70–3.22) 0.79 (0.65–0.95)*a
 High 1.26 (0.95–1.68) 0.62 (0.46–0.84)* 1.70 (0.83–3.48) 0.49 (0.36–0.66)*a
P for trend < 0.001 < 0.005 0.35 < 0.001
Anger In
 Low (referent) 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
 Medium 1.04 (0.68–1.58) 1.27 (1.01–1.60)*a 1.85 (1.31–2.62)*a 1.48 (1.18–1.86)*a
 High 1.44 (1.04–2.00)* 0.75 (0.60–0.95) 1.01 (0.70–1.47) 1.20 (0.92–1.55)
P for trend 0.05 < 0.001 < 0.001 0.003
Anger Out
 Low (referent) 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
 Medium 0.72 (0.51–1.03)Ɨ 1.21 (0.99–1.47)* 2.63 (1.55–4.48)*a 0.57 (0.45–0.72)*a
 High 1.28 (0.95–1.73) 0.77 (0.62–0.96)Ɨ 0.68 (0.50–0.93)*a 0.74 (0.59–0.92)*a
P for trend 0.01 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001
Depressive symptoms
 Low (referent) 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
 Medium 1.22 (0.90–1.66) 1.09 (0.85–1.38) 0.90 (0.64–1.27) 1.05 (0.83–1.33)
 High 1.36 (1.00–1.85)Ɨ 1.24 (0.99–1.55) 0.76 (0.49–1.19) 0.94 (0.73–1.20)
P for trend 0.14 0.16 0.48 0.61
Global Stress
 Low (referent) 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
 Medium 0.66 (0.55–0.78)*a 1.03 (0.91–1.18) 1.05 (0.81–1.36) 0.90 (0.78–1.03)
 High 1.09 (0.92–1.29) 0.81 (0.71–0.94)*a 1.37 (1.05–1.78) 0.80 (0.68–0.95)*
P for trend < 0.001 0.003 0.05 0.02
Weekly Stress-Events
 Low (referent) 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
 Medium 0.84 (0.65–1.09) 0.93 (0.78–1.11) 1.32 (0.93–1.87)Ɨ 0.66 (0.53–0.82)*a
 High 1.01 (0.78–1.30) 0.83 (0.68–1.01) 1.67 (1.09–2.57)*a 0.98 (0.82–1.17)
P for trend 0.35 0.19 0.06 < 0.001
Weekly Stress-Impact
 Low (referent) 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
 Medium 1.68 (1.22–2.33)*a 0.86 (0.68–1.09) 0.82 (0.57–1.17) 0.65 (0.50–0.85)*a
 High 1.95 (1.36–2.78)*a 0.97 (0.76–1.23) 0.93 (0.50–1.74) 0.72 (0.56–0.93)
P for trend < 0.001 0.44 0.55 0.005
Major Life Events
 Low (referent) 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
 Medium 0.94 (0.77–1.16) 0.87 (0.74–1.03) 0.90 (0.69–1.17) 1.02 (0.88–1.18)
 High 1.30 (1.08–1.55)* 1.22 (1.08–1.39)*a 0.95 (0.70–1.28) 1.04 (0.87–1.24)
P for trend 0.08 < 0.001 0.74 0.90

*Bold indicates p value < 0.05. ƗP value < 0.10. Abbreviations: CI confidence interval, WSI weekly stress inventory, SD standard deviation

Models adjusted for age, sex, education, income, physical activity, smoking, fat intake, alcohol consumption and body

mass index. Multiple imputation for missing data in covariates based on 5 data sets. a Bonferroni Correction with p value < 0.02