Table 1.
Group characteristics stratified by Type D personality
| Total | Type D | non Type D | Test | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | n | % | n | % | n | X2/F | p | |
| Socio-demographic | |||||||||
| Male sex | 1591 | 49.6 | (789) | 41.2 | (87) | 50.9 | (702) | 6.7 | .009 |
| Age mean (SD) | 1592 | 46.9 | (16.1) | 47.3 | (16.6) | 46.8 | (16.0) | 0.129 | .720 |
| With partner | 1590 | 81 | (1280) | 73.5 | (155) | 81.6 | (1125) | 7.69 | .006 |
| Higher education | 1573 | 31.9 | (502) | 20 | (40) | 34 | (462) | 16.7 | < .001 |
| Low social Status | 1522 | 32.2 | (490) | 36.1 | (73) | 31.6 | (417) | 5.28 | .072 |
| Cardiovascular risk factors | |||||||||
| Smoking (yes) | 1582 | 24.7 | (390) | 25.7 | (54) | 24.5 | (336) | 0.147 | .701 |
| Alcohol use (yes)* | 1586 | 83.8 | (1290) | 76.1 | (153) | 85.0 | (1137) | 10.1 | .001 |
| Cardiovascular disease | 1549 | 9 | (140) | 10.3 | (21) | 8.8 | (119) | 0.40 | .486 |
| First degree family history of CAD (presence and/or mortality) | 1522 | 30.9 | (470) | 35.5 | (71) | 30.2 | (399) | 2.30 | .129 |
* at least 1 alcoholic consumption per week