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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychosom Med. 2013 Jun 20;75(6):591–599. doi: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e31829ac4f4

Table 1.

Baseline demographics and risk factors by intervention group.

Measure CRM (n=33) HE (n=35)
Demographic Factors
 Age (years), mean (SD) 51.5 (7.5) 52.1 (7.6)
 Male, % 25.0 17.1
 Married, % 37.5 34.3
 More than high school education, % 76.7 78.1
Metabolic Risk Factors and Medical History
 Body mass index (kg/m2), mean (SD) 38.2 (11.2) 36.7 (5.6)
 Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg), mean (SD) 138.5 (22.2) 137.5 (21.4)
 Diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg), mean (SD) 83.2 (13.1) 83.5 (12.2)
 Heart rate (beat/min), mean (SD) 73.7 (11.8) 70.9 (13.7)
 LDL-cholesterol (mg/dL), mean (SD) 117.3 (32.8) 121.0 (44.0)
 HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL), mean (SD) 54.1 (15.3) 55.0 (11.1)
 Triglycerides (mg/dL), mean (SD) 137.9 (80.8) 102.7 (50.2)
 Creatinine (mg/dL), mean (SD) 0.96 (0.31) 0.84 (0.25)
 Glucose (mg/dL) mean (SD) 116.8 (57.4) 100.3 (38.3)
 Insulin (μIU/mL), mean (SD) 18.3 (31.1) 14.1 (12.9)
 History of diabetes, % 45.5 41.2
 HOMA index 1.04 0.92
 Family history of heart disease before age 55, % 37.9 39.4
 Moderate physical activity, minutes/day (SD) 167 (228) 230 (242)
 Vigorous physical activity, minutes/day (SD) 10.5 (23.8) 38.3 (75.9)
Medications
 On aspirin, % 21.2 14.3
 On statins, % 45.5 25.7
 On beta blockers, % 18.2 20.0
 On ACE Inhibitors, % 27.3 28.6
Psychosocial Risk Factors
 Spielberger's Anger-in, mean (SD) 14.4 (3.9) 14.0 (4.0)
 Spielberger's Anger-out, mean (SD) 12.9 (3.4) 13.0 (2.5)
 Cook-Medley Hostility Inventory, mean (SD) 17.2 (8.1) 18.0 (7.4)
 Cohen's Perceived Stress Scale, mean (SD) 14.8 (8.4) 17.4 (8.6)
 Spielberger's State Anxiety, mean (SD) 36.8 (13.2) 40.0 (14.1)
 Spielberger's Trait Anxiety, mean (SD) 38.2 (11.9) 39.5 (12.4)
 Beck Depression Inventory II, mean (SD) 10.9 (7.7) 11.0 (9.7)
 Beck Depression Somatic Subscore, mean (SD) 0.64 (0.44) 0.59 (0.48)
 Beck Depression Cognitive Subscore, mean (SD) 2.6 (3.1) 3.3 (3.9)
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Based on log-transformed values.