Marital Status, Marital Quality, and Atherosclerotic Burden in Postmenopausal Women
Linda C. Gallo, PhD,
Wendy M. Troxel, MS,
Lewis H. Kuller, MD, DrPH,
Kim Sutton-Tyrrell, DrPH,
Daniel Edmundowicz, MD and
Karen A. Matthews, PhD
From SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego State University (L.C.G.), the Department of Psychology (W.M.T.), and the Graduate School of Public Health (L.H.K., K.S.T), University of Pittsburgh, and the Departments of Psychiatry (K.A.M.) and Medicine (D.E.), University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA.
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Figure 1. A: Average IMT (in mm) according to marital status/quality grouping at the first scan (N= 372). B: Average change in IMT (in mm) across 3 years (N= 203) according to marital status/quality grouping.
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Figure 2. A: Percent of each marital status/quality group with a plaque score of two or higher at the first scan (N= 376). B: Percent of each group showing an increase in plaque score from 0 or 1 to 2 or higher.
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Figure 3. Percent of each marital status/quality group with an aortic (A) or coronary (B) calcification score in the top quintile of the distribution of scores.
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