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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Feb 12.
Published in final edited form as: J Health Soc Behav. 2014 Dec;55(4):403–423. doi: 10.1177/0022146514556893

Table 3.

Weighted Descriptive Statistics for Men (N=739)

Marital quality
Mean S.D. Min Max
Positive marital quality W1 0.14 0.79 −3.52 0.95
Negative marital quality W1 −0.01 0.80 −0.96 2.56
Positive marital quality W2 0.15 0.77 −3.73 1.00
Negative marital quality W2 −0.03 0.80 −0.91 2.85
Cardiovascular risk outcomes
Percent/mean(SD) Percent/mean(SD)
Hypertension W1 Hypertension W2
 Normal W1 31.49  Normal W2 25.25
 Controlled hypertension W1 20.41  Controlled hypertension W2 26.1
 Undiagnosed hypertension W1 17.88  Undiagnosed hypertension W2 19.23
 Uncontrolled hypertension W1 30.22  Uncontrolled hypertension W2 29.32
 Missing 0.1
Rapid heart rate W1 Rapid heart rate W2
 No 82.33  No 78.11
 Yes 17.67  Yes 16.1
 Missing 5.79
CRP W1 CRP W2
 <=3 55.79  <=3 62.6
 >3 and <10 12.93  >3 and <10 22.63
 Not applicable 31.28  Missing or >10 14.77
CVD events W1 CVD events W2
 No 79.75  No 70.25
 Yes 20.25  Yes 29.21
 Missing 0.54
Covariates
Age group
 57–64 54.54
 65–74 30.43
 75–85 15.03
Race-ethnicity
 Non-Hispanic white 83.41
 Non-Hispanic black 6.12
 Hispanic 8
 Others 2.47
Education
 No diploma 13.2
 High school graduate 21.8
 Some college 29.21
 College graduate 35.79
Relative family income
 Below average 17.16
 Average 33.04
 Above average 34.07
 Missing 15.73
Psychological distress W1 4.07(4.23)
Smoke W1
 No 84.53
 Yes 15.47
Drink W1
 No 31.22
 Yes 68.78
BMI W1
 Normal or underweight 18.4
 Overweight 41.79
 Obesity 36.04
 Morbidly obese 3.77
Physical activity W1
 < 3 times per week 30.14
 >= 3 times per week 69.86
Antihypertensive medication use W1
 No 46.44
 Yes 53.56
Probability of death at W2 0.11(0.08)
Probability of remaining married in both waves 0.63(0.18)

W1: Wave 1. W2: Wave 2.