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Demographic, medical, behavioral, and psychosocial characteristics of study participants |
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| Characteristic |
Integrated |
Isolated |
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| Demographic |
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| Gender (% female) |
75.0% |
83.3% |
| Age (mean ± SD years) |
57.5 ± 3.3 |
53.5 ± 1.5 |
| Ethnicity |
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| Anglo-American |
62.5 % |
33.3 % |
| African-American |
25.0 % |
66.7 % |
| Hispanic |
12.5 % |
0.0 % |
| Household income (mean ± SD × $10,000 yearly) |
91.6 ± 39.2 |
42.5 ± 17.2 |
| Marital status (% married) |
63.5 % |
50.0 % |
| Medical |
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| Body mass index (mean ± SD) |
31.8 ± 6.3 |
34.2 ± 7.5 |
| Coronary artery disease (% diagnosed) |
12.5 % |
16.7 % |
| High blood pressure (% diagnosed) |
50.0 % |
66.7 % |
| Diabetes (% diagnosed) |
12.5 % |
33.3 % |
| Kidney disease (% diagnosed) |
12.5 % |
33.3 % |
| Liver disease (% diagnosed) |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
| Respiratory disease (% diagnosed) |
12.5 % |
0.0 % |
| Anti-inflammatory medications (% prescribed) |
25.0 % |
33.3 % |
| Statin medications (% prescribed) |
25.0 % |
33.3 % |
| Anti-diabetic medications (% prescribed) |
12.5 % |
33.3 % |
| Beta-blocker medications (% prescribed) |
12.5 % |
33.3 % |
| Psychotropic medications (% prescribed) |
12.5 % |
16.7 % |
| Behavioral |
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| Regular exercise (% reporting) |
100.0 % |
100.0 % |
| Alcohol consumption (mean drinks/week ± SD) |
2.6 ± 4.1 |
1.8 ± 3.3 |
| Smoking (% smokers) |
0.0 % |
0.0 % |
| Psychosocial |
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| UCLA Loneliness (mean ± SD) |
29.9 ± 5.1 |
46.0 ± 5.6 |
| Depressive symptoms (CESD mean ± SD) |
1.9 ± 2.8 |
15.3 ± 11.9 |
| Stress (Perceived Stress Scale mean ± SD) |
7.5 ± 6.6 |
15.8 ± 5.3 |
| Hostility (Cook-Medley Hostility Inventory mean ± SD) |
11.1 ± 7.0 |
17.2 ± 8.2 |
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SD, standard deviation. | ||
Cole et al. Genome Biology 2007 8:R189 doi:10.1186/gb-2007-8-9-r189 |
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