. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Feb 15.

Published in final edited form as: Int J Behav Med. 2020 Apr;27(2):213–224. doi: 10.1007/s12529-020-09850-3

Table 2.

Cardiovascular, inflammatory, and oxidative cholesterol-LDL lag time markers in a multiethnic sample of females by race

Variables	African American	European American
	Mean ± SD

Cardiovascular markers
Systolic Blood Pressure (SBP) (mm Hg)	121.35±11.72^*	113.86±13.59
Diastolic Blood Pressure (DBP) (mm Hg)	69.15±10.75	68.31± 9.10
Pulse (beats per minute)	78.10±12.44^*	70.72±11.02
Insulin Resistance (IR) (Matsuda Index)	4.16± 2.31	5.33± 3.05
LDL-Cholesterol (mg/dL)	155.88±37.61	155.27±31.69

Inflammatory markers
High sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP)	7.11±7.64	3.53±4.27

Stress hormones
Salivary cortisol (SC) (μg/dL)	0.21±0.14	0.17±0.10
Hair Cortisol (HC) (nmol/g)	0.021±0.04^*	0.7±10⁻²
Serum Cortisol (SeC) (μg/dL)	1.64 ± 1.03	2.74±2.83

Oxidative stress
LDL-Cholesterol lag time (5 μM Cu)	71.85±32.60	96.00±55.96

Sample size for SBP, DBP, pulse, IR, hsCRP, SeC, LDL-cholesterol, and LDL-cholesterol lag time was n=21 and for SC and HC were n=31 for each race. Values are means ± SD. All differences were significant at

p <0.05. Significant results are based on absolute values. T-test were performed to assess mean differences in SC and HC and Kruskal-Wallis test were performed to assess differences in SPB, DBP, pulse, IR, hsCRP, SeC, LDL-cholesterol, and LDL-cholesterol lag time between AA and EA women.