Fig. 8.7 Comparison of the patterns of hourly systolic blood pressure averages between single
women with no children (open circles)(N= 43) and married women with children (solid dots)
(N= 12). All the women worked as secretaries or technicians at a New York City hospital
(modified from Pickering et al.1990)
Fig. 8.8 Comparison of work and home blood pressure averages among men and women both
with and without children (N= 10 in each group, for a total of 40 subjects) (modified from
Pickering et al. 1995 )
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