Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics of 785 Participants by Levels of Constructive Anger Expression and Destructive Anger Justification Expression

	Constructive Anger Expression				Destructive Anger Verbal Justification
	−1 SD or Lower	Middle	+1 SD or Higher	P- Value	−1 SD or Lower	Middle	+1 SD or Higher	P-Value
	(n=152)	(n=507)	(n=126)		(n=128)	(n=527)	(n=129)
Score Range	12-18	19-33	34-46		6-7	8-15	16-23
Age	62.1±10.4	61.13±11.2	59.29±10.7	0.09	63.3±11.2	61.0±11.0	59.1±10.6	0.01
Depressive Symptoms	8.0±8.9	6.1±7.5	6.3±8.5	0.04	5.8±8.2	6.4±7.4	7.5±9.4	0.19
Hostility	18.5±8.3	18.7±8.1	17.3±7.8	0.23	17.0±8.4	18.5±7.9	19.4±8.5	0.05
Anxiety	35.8±9.1	35.3±8.6	34.8±7.8	0.61	33.8±8.4	35.4±8.6	36.0±8.1	0.09
Constructive Anger	--	--	--	--	22.0±8.2	26.6±7.3	30.0±5.9	<.0001
Destructive Anger Rumination	7.3±2.9	7.5±2.5	6.8±1.8	0.04	6.1±1.8	7.3±2.1	8.7±3.6	<.0001
Destructive Anger Justification	9.2±3.5	11.6±3.6	12.8±4.3	<.0001	--	--	--	--
Male	81 (53.3%)	252 (49.7%)	59 (46.8%)	0.55	56 (43.8%)	263 (49.9%)	73 (56.6%)	0.12
Active Smoking	45 (29.6%)	94 (18.5%)	26 (20.6%)	0.01	19 (14.8%)	111 (21.1%)	35 (27.1%)	0.05
Body Mass Index, kg/m2	27.6±5.6	27.8±5.1	28.3±6.5	0.48	27.2±4.8	27.8±5.2	28.3±6.9	0.26
Diabetes Mellitus	9 (5.9%)	35 (6.9%)	10 (7.9%)	0.8	6 (4.7%)	32 (6.1%)	16 (12.4%)	0.02
Total Cholesterol, mmol/L	5.7±0.9	5.7±1.0	5.8±1.0	0.57	5.6±1.0	5.7±1.0	5.7±1.1	0.6
Low Density Lipids, mmol/L	3.5±0.9	3.5±0.9	5.8±1.0	0.3	3.5±0.9	3.6±0.9	3.5±0.9	0.59
Systolic Blood Pressure, mmHg	133.7±18.0	131.9±17.5	130.8±15.5	0.38	133.8±14.9	132.1±17.7	130.4±17.4	0.33
iastolic Blood Pressure, mmHg	79.2±9.5	79.1±9.5	79.6±8.7	0.9	80.0±8.5	79.0±9.6	79.5±9.6	0.58