Table 3.

The association between chronic stressors and BRS, SDNN and RMSSD, adjusted for age, ethnicity waist to hip ratio and pack-years smoked in men

			Men
		BRSa		SDNNb		RMSSDc
		RIId (CIe)	p value	RII (CI)	p value	RII (CI)	p value
Work stress	Never	ref		ref		ref
	Some of the time	0.051 (0.013, 0.088)	0.008	0.025 (-0.007, 0.056)	0.123	0.028 (-0.010, 0.066)	0.146
	Several periods	0.018 (-0.040, 0.077)	0.534	-0.013 (-0.062, 0.036)	0.609	-0.027 (-0.087, 0.032)	0.367
	permanent	-0.027 (-0.115, 0.061)	0.550	0.005 (-0.069, 0.079)	0.893	-0.016 (-0.106, 0.074)	0.727
Home stress	Never	ref		ref		ref
	Some of the time	0.036 (0.005, 0.067)	0.023	0.036 (0.009, 0.063)	0.010	0.036 (0.004, 0.069)	0.028
	Several periods	-0.049 (-0.103, 0.005)	0.076	-0.021 (-0.068, 0.027)	0.390	-0.005 (-0.062, 0.051)	0.857
	permanent	-0.035 (-0.109, 0.039)	0.356	-0.008 (-0.073, 0.057)	0.808	-0.010 (-0.088, 0.067)	0.792
Financial stress	No	ref		ref		ref
	Careful	0.013 (-0.023, 0.048)	0.484	0.009 (-0.022, 0.039)	0.584	0.033 (-0.004, 0.070)	0.077
	Some difficulty	0.006 (-0.033, 0.046)	0.763	0.005 (-0.030, 0.039)	0.797	0.033 (-0.008, 0.075)	0.113
	Great difficulty	-0.035 (-0.083, 0.012)	0.148	-0.032 (-0.074, 0.009)	0.129	-0.005 (-0.054, 0.045)	0.854
Negative life event		0.008 (-0.021, 0.038)	0.576	-0.001 (-0.027, 0.024)	0.917	0.016 (-0.015, 0.047)	0.307
Job control		0.000 (-0.001, 0.001)	0.615	0.000 (-0.001, 0.001)	0.840	0.000 (0.000, 0.001)	0.329
Discrimination		-0.012 (-0.045, 0.022)	0.490	0.010 (-0.019, 0.039)	0.497	0.007 (-0.029, 0.042)	0.717

^aBRS, baroreflex sensitivity

^bSDNN, standard deviation of the N-N interval

^cRMSSD, the root mean square of successive differences between normal heartbeats

^dRII, relative index of inequality

^eCI, confidence interval