Association between stressful life events and resting heart rate

BMC Psychology

Table 3 Correlations between participant characteristics and total number of SLEs

Variables	Total (n = 4,433)		Male (n = 1,703)		Female (n = 2,730)
Variables	Pearson’s coefficient	p	Pearson’s coefficient	p	Pearson’s coefficient	p
Age	0.044	0.004	0.053	0.029	0.041	0.033
Body mass index	0.010	0.507	−0.018	0.463	0.022	0.246
Systolic blood pressure	0.013	0.386	0.004	0.855	0.020	0.304
Diastolic blood pressure	−0.025	0.092	−0.009	0.698	−0.027	0.154
Pulse pressure	0.039	0.009	0.015	0.540	0.049	0.011
Heart rate	−0.098	<.001	−0.084	<.001	−0.111	<.001
Heart rate on ECG	−0.076	<.001	−0.079	0.001	−0.077	<.001
PR interval on ECG	0.026	0.090	0.008	0.754	0.044	0.022
QRS duration on ECG	−0.075	<.001	−0.085	0.001	−0.073	<.001
BUN to Cr ratio	0.031	0.039	0.026	0.294	0.029	0.132
Hematocrit	0.004	0.808	0.015	0.543	0.023	0.230
Total body water	0.041	0.006	0.043	0.081	0.093	<.001
Total SLE score	0.769	<.001	0.815	<.001	0.756	<.001
Negative SLE score	0.650	<.001	0.715	<.001	0.633	<.001
Positive SLE score	0.589	<.001	0.579	<.001	0.594	<.001
Net SLS score	0.165	<.001	0.137	<.001	0.179	<.001

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