Table 2 Comparisons of Norepinephrine Excretion Rate (ng/min) at Work, Home, and during Sleep by Age Group and Ethnicitya
Ethnicity | Age Group | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
18–29.9 | 30–39.9 | 40–49.9 | |||||||||||||||||||
Work | Home | Sleep | Work | Home | Sleep | Work | Home | Sleep | |||||||||||||
N | \( \overline{\mathrm{x}} \) | SD | \( \overline{\mathrm{x}} \) | SD | \( \overline{\mathrm{x}} \) | SD | N | \( \overline{\mathrm{x}} \) | SD | \( \overline{\mathrm{x}} \) | SD | \( \overline{\mathrm{x}} \) | SD | N | \( \overline{\mathrm{x}} \) | SD | \( \overline{\mathrm{x}} \) | SD | \( \overline{\mathrm{x}} \) | SD | |
European-American | 7 | 17.22 | 10.26 | 17.81 | 14.46 | 6.24 | 1.51 | 18 | 38.04 | 46.85 | 31.51 | 34.45 | 16.84 | 12.56 | 13 | 25.89 | 11.37 | 21.35 | 11.30 | 14.31 | 7.36 |
African-American | 12 | 26.47 | 14.24 | 23.64 | 14.14 | 12.56 | 15.15 | 9 | 22.31 | 11.87 | 25.39 | 21.46 | 13.65 | 6.25 | 7 | 35.35 | 22.52 | 40.57 | 31.67 | 13.10 | 4.79 |
Asian-American | 3 | 8.90 | 3.13 | 8.80 | 5.05 | 3.40 | 1.25 | 4 | 29.78 | 5.09 | 21.10 | 10.75 | 10.04 | 1.76 | 5 | 13.50 | 1.77 | 14.85 | 2.92 | 7.33 | 1.65 |
Hispanic American | 8 | 27.06 | 15.32 | 14.45 | 10.09 | 6.59 | 3.50 | 5 | 16.63 | 3.49 | 15.85 | 7.52 | 5.25 | 1.61 | 4 | 29.67 | 15.77 | 23.16 | 13.84 | 11.90 | 7.49 |
Total | 30 | 22.71 | 13.93 | 18.35 | 13.07 | 8.58 | 10.11 | 36 | 30.21 | 34.29 | 26.65 | 27.02 | 13.68 | 10.15 | 29 | 26.56 | 15.57 | 25.12 | 19.42 | 12.48 | 6.40 |