Table 3.

Frequency and percentage of psychosocial variables of patient and control groups

	Patients n (%)	Controls n (%)	Statistics
Variables
Personality type A & B
Type A	55 (61)	32 (36)	p=0.001
Type B	35 (39)	58 (64)	X2=11.769
Personality type D
Type D	23 (27)	22 (29)	p=0.866
Not type D	61 (73)	55 (71)	X2=0.28
Emotional intelligence
Emotionally healthy	32 (36)	0 (0)	p=0.000
Emotionally unhealthy	58 (64)	88 (100)	X2=38.14
Stress handling
Under 60: you are vulnerable	51 (57)	51 (58)	p=0.361
60-90: moderate resistance	35 (39)	30 (34)	X2=3.203
90+: you are fending off stress	4 (4)	7 (8)