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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychosom Med. 2021 Sep 1;83(7):767–776. doi: 10.1097/PSY.0000000000000979

Table 1.

Characteristics of study participants by race/ethnicity

Variables All Non-Hispanic White US-born Hispanic Foreign-born Hispanic Non-Hispanic Black
N 1,443 535 543 215 150
Female a 60.22 55.33 61.14 65.12 67.33
Married a 57.21 57.20 55.80 72.90c,d 40.00c,d,e
Age 51.75(15.93) 55.57(15.67) 50.88(15.96)c 44.96(14.48)c,d 50.95(15.05)c,e
Socioeconomic status −0.01(0.85) 0.32(0.72) −0.06(0.84)c −0.63(0.88)c,d −0.13(0.73)c,e
Health conditions 2.63(2.13) 3.17(2.10) 2.42(2.04)c 1.57(1.76)c,d 3.04(2.36)d,e
Body mass index 30.64(7.23) 29.94(7.42) 31.05(6.98) 29.61(5.66) 33.14(8.69)c,d,e
Depressive symptoms 9.23(11.19) 9.57(10.96) 8.90(11.39) 7.04(10.10)c 12.36(12.02)c,d,e
Smoked a 51.11 60.19 49.63c 31.63c,d 52.00e
Had physical activity a 73.33 76.55 73.25 68.84 68.67
Sleep 3.60(1.14) 3.46(1.13) 3.64(1.17) 4.00(1.09)c,d 3.40(1.03)e
Perceived social support 3.38(0.80) 3.31(0.83) 3.44(0.77)c 3.54(0.71)c 3.19(0.86)d,e
Stressful life events 1.08(1.56) 1.09(1.58) 1.15(1.62) 0.80(1.27)d 1.25(1.64)e
Daily hassles 0.60(0.51) 0.56(0.47) 0.59(0.54) 0.57(0.50) 0.78(0.54)c,d,e
Perceived stress 2.32 (0.73) 2.30(0.74) 2.32(0.74) 2.24(0.64) 2.50(0.71)c,d,e
EBV-VCAb 6.20(1.01) 6.21(1.07) 6.22(0.98) 6.05(1.00) 6.36(0.93)e
EBV-EAb 2.76(0.83) 2.77(0.83) 2.76(0.84) 2.59(0.76)c 2.94(0.87)e
Herpes simplex virus-1b 6.47(0.91) 6.28(1.03) 6.56(0.83)c 6.59(0.76)c 6.67(0.78)c

Note. EBV-VCA = Epstein-Barr virus viral capsid antigen; EBV-EA = Epstein-Barr virus early antigen.

a

Presented as percentage. Means (standard deviations) were presented.

b

Natural log of antibody titers.

c

Significantly different from non-Hispanic White at p < .05

d

Significantly different from US-born Hispanic at p < .05

e

Significantly different from foreign-born Hispanic at p < .05