Table 1.
Descriptive statistics for study variables
| N = 1,054 | |
|---|---|
| Mean (SD) or % | |
| Age | 46.19 (11.81) |
| Gender (% female) | 54.70% |
| Race/ethnicity | |
| White/Caucasian | 90.60% |
| Black/African American | 2.80% |
| Native American or Aleutian Islander/Eskimo | 0.50% |
| Asian or Pacific Islander | 0.20% |
| Other | 1.80% |
| Multiracial | 0.70% |
| Unknown | 3.50% |
| Education level | |
| Eighth grade/junior high school | 0.60% |
| Some high school | 3.00% |
| General Education Development | 1.20% |
| Graduated high school | 22.60% |
| 1–2 years of college, no degree | 16.10% |
| ≥3 years of college, no degree | 5.40% |
| Associates degree/2 year degree | 7.00% |
| Bachelor’s degree/4 year degree | 23.70% |
| Some graduate school | 4.20% |
| Master’s degree | 11.70% |
| Professional degree | 4.50% |
| Personality traits | |
| Conscientiousness | 3.46 (0.42) |
| Extraversion | 3.19 (0.58) |
| Neuroticism | 2.20 (0.66) |
| Openness to experience | 3.06 (0.49) |
| Agreeableness | 3.47 (0.47) |
| Coping styles | |
| Sense of control | 5.64 (0.96) |
| Persistence in goal striving | 3.20 (0.54) |
| Positive reappraisal | 3.08 (0.61) |
| Lowering aspirations | 2.22 (0.53) |
| Coping-related health behaviors | |
| Lifetime smoking | .43 (0.50) |
| Alcohol | 1.37 (1.49) |
| Physical activity | 5.68 (3.25) |
| Perceptions of activity | 3.70 (0.92) |
| Biomarkers | |
| Pulse | 70.65 (11.09) |
| CRP | 2.70 (4.28) |
| IL-6 | 2.79 (2.79) |
| Fibrinogen | 340.94 (83.18) |
| Glucose | 100.42 (24.78) |
| Glycated hemoglobin | 5.99 (0.92) |
| Insulin resistance | 3.33 (3.65) |
| Waist-to-hip ratio | 0.89 (0.10) |
| HDL | 54.63 (17.51) |
| Triglycerides | 135.53 (139.75) |
All biomarker scores are reported in their original (untransformed) metrics.
CRP C-reactive protein; HDL high-density lipoprotein; IL-6 interleukin 6.