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Published in final edited form as: Brain Behav Immun. 2021 May 27;96:127–134. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2021.05.022

Table 2.

Bivariate Correlations of Study Variables for 42,396 Participants

Measure	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
1. Executive functioning (RFFT)	−.04^a	−.07^a	.36^a	−.32^a	.03^a	−.05^a	.12^a	−.16^a	−.06^a	−.10^a	−.02^a
2. Depression diagnosis	-	.04^a	−.07^a	−.02^a	.04^a	.16^a	.24^a	.06^a	.08^a	.04^a	.07^a
3. C-reactive protein (log-transformed)		-	−.10^a	.01^b	.14^a	.05^a	.02^a	.12^a	.06^a	.36^a	.07^a
4. Educational attainment			-	−.23^a	−.02^a	−.08^a	.10^a	−.25^a	−.05^a	−.15^a	−.11^a
5. Age				-	−.03^a	.01	−.25^a	.13^a	.07^a	.16^a	−.12^a
6. Sex					-	.02^a	.10^a	.03^a	.07^a	−.07^a	−.04^a
7. Stressful life events (LTE)						-	.33^a	.08^a	.10^a	.06^a	.10^a
8. Chronic stress (LDI)							-	−.04^a	.12^a	.00	.09^a
9. Sedentary behavior								-	.06^a	.16^a	.08^a
10. Chronic medical conditions									-	.06^a	.01^c
11. Body mass index										-	−.03^a
12. Smoking Status											-

Probability

= P <.001;

= P = .005;

= P = .01;

RFFT = Ruff Figural Fluency Test; LTE = List of Threatening Experiences; LDI = Long-term Difficulties Inventory