Table 1.

Participant characteristics

	All (N=332)	Men (n=168)	Women (n=164)
Age (years)	60±5	60±5	60±4
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	130±15	130±15	130±15
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	80±9	82±9	79±9a
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	214±36	208±31	220±39b
High-density lipoproteins (mg/dL)	54±16	47±12	61±16c
Low-density lipoproteins (mg/dL)	132±33	131±28	133±38
Triglycerides (mg/dL)	119 [84, 170]	125 [91, 189]	113 [79, 158]a
Glucose (mg/dL)	90 [86, 95]	92 [87, 98]	89 [84, 94]c
Waist circumference (cm)	92±12	98±9	86±12c
Body mass index (kg/m2)	27.9±4.7	28.0±3.4	27.8±5.8
Current/former/never smokers (%)	7/43/51	7/49/44	6/37/57
Beck Anxiety Inventory (0–63)	4 (0–33)	3 [1, 5]	5 [2, 8]c
Beck Depression Inventory II (0–63)	3 (0–19)	3 [1, 6]	3 [1, 6]
Cook–Medley Hostility Scale (0–50)	12 (2–35)	13 [9, 18]	11 [7, 15]b
Spielberger: Anger In (8–32)	14 (8–29)	14 [13, 16]	14 [12, 17]
Spielberger: Anger Out (8–32)	13 (8–23)	13 [11, 15]	13 [11, 15]
Spielberger: Trait Anger (10–40)	15 (10–34)	15 [13, 17]	14 [13, 16]
Baseline brachial diameter (mm)d	3.54±0.67	3.97±0.50	3.09±0.42c
Absolute change in diameter (mm)	0.17±0.15	0.16±0.15	0.18±0.14
Flow-mediated dilatation (%)	5.11±4.82	4.07±3.96	6.17±5.38c

Data are reported as mean ± standard deviation, median [inter-quartile range], median (minimum–maximum), or percentage

^ap<0.05

^bp<0.01

^cp<0.001 comparisons between men and women

^dAdjusted for height