Table 1.

Baseline characteristics for the total sample and stratified by Type D personality

	Total (n = 251)	Type D (n = 80)	Non-Type D (n = 171)	P
Age, mean (SD)	71.9 (9.4)	70.0 (9.8)	72.8 (9.0)	.03
Male gender	47.4%	48.8%	46.8%	.88
Living with a partner	69.6%	65.0%	71.8%	.35
Low educationa	73.6%	72.5%	74.1%	.91
Employed	10.0%	11.8%	9.6%	.77
NYHA class II–IV	42.6%	41.3%	43.3%	.87
Depressive symptoms	21.5%	43.8%	11.1%	<.001

^a≤9 years

Bold values are statistically significant at the designed cut-off of P < .05