Research Article
Social Support and Self-Reported Stress Levels in a Predominantly African American Sample of Women with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Table 1
Demographic characteristics of SLE cases in the Buffalo Lupus Project and Breakfast with a Buddy Biomarkers of Lupus Study (
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| | | Total (41) | Low stress (28) | High stress (13) | value
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| | Age, years, mean (SD) | | 52 (13.11) | 49 (5.48) | 0.3084 | | Education, (%) | | | | 0.3523 | | Grade 12 | 2 (4.9) | 2 (7.1) | 0 (0) | | | High school grad | 11 (26.8) | 7 (25.0) | 4 (30.8) | | | Some college | 19 (46.3) | 11 (39.3) | 8 (61.5) | | | College graduate | 9 (22.0) | 8 (28.6) | 1 (7.7) | | | Annual household income, (%) | | | | 0.5815 | | Under $10,000 | 7 (17.1) | 4 (14.3) | 3 (23.1) | | | $10,000–29,999 | 15 (36.6) | 9 (32.1) | 6 (46.2) | | | $30,000–49,999 | 8 (19.5) | 7 (25.0) | 1 (7.7) | | | Over $50,000 | 8 (19.5) | 5 (17.9) | 3 (23.1) | | | Smoking status, (%) | | | | 0.6666 | | Never | 17 (41.5) | 13 (46.4) | 4 (30.8) | | | Past (quit) | 18 (43.9) | 11 (39.3) | 7 (53.9) | | | Current | 6 (14.6) | 4 (14.3) | 2 (15.4) | | | Race, (%) | | | | 0.5698 | | African American | 36 (87.8) | 26 (92.9) | 10 (76.9) | | | White | 5 (12.2) | 2 (7.1) | 3 (23.1) | |
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: total number of participants, : number of participants in each cell, %: percent, and SD: standard deviation.
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