Table 1.

Characteristics of the full sample and according to tertiles of reappraisal and suppression

		Reappraisal				Suppression
Characteristic	Full sample %/Mean (SD)	High (n=138)	Middle (n=126)	Low (n=115)	p	High (n=124)	Middle (n=135)	Low (n=120)	p
C-reactive protein, mg/L	1.7 (2.0)	1.3 (1.7)	1.8 (1.9)	2.1 (2.4)	**	2.0 (1.9)	1.6 (2.0)	1.5 (2.0)	+
Demographic factors
Gender, female, %	57.5	68.1	57.1	45.2	**	44.4	57.8	70.1	***
Race, not white, %	19.5	24.6	19.8	13.0	+	25.8	14.8	18.3	+
Age, years	42.2 (1.7)	42.4 (1.8)	42.1 (1.7)	42.2 (1.7)		42.3 (1.7)	42.3 (1.8)	42.1 (1.7)
Childhood factors
Small for gestational age, %	10.6	13.8	11.1	6.1		13.7	6.7	11.7
Socioeconomic status	54.2 (23.2)	54.5 (23.0)	55.7 (23.7)	52.2 (22.8)		47.7 (23.6)	56.6 (21.8)	58.1 (22.9)	***
Chronic condition, %	17.7	17.4	14.3	21.7		15.3	17.8	20.0
Body mass index, kg/m2	16.0 (1.6)	16.0 (1.5)	16.1 (1.8)	16.0 (1.4)		16.0 (1.3)	16.0 (1.6)	16.1 (1.6)
Intelligence quotient	102.2 (13.7)	100.9 (13.0)	102.6 (15.1)	103.3 (12.8)		100.5 (14.8)	102.9 (13.3)	103.3 (12.8)
Adulthood factors
Depressive symptoms, CES-D	1.6 (0.54)	1.5 (0.52)	1.6 (0.50)	1.7 (0.60)	**	1.7 (0.63)	1.6 (0.51)	1.4 (0.44)	***
Smokers, %	26.4	22.5	28.6	28.7		35.5	23.0	20.8	*
Education, years	13.6 (2.6)	13.8 (2.6)	13.6 (2.5)	13.3 (2.6)		13.1 (2.3)	13.7 (2.9)	13.9 (2.5)	*
Body mass index, kg/m2	29.1 (7.6)	27.6 (6.1)	29.2 (7.7)	30.6 (8.6)	**	30.0 (7.5)	29.0 (8.7)	28.2 (5.9)

Note: The p values were generated from analysis of variance (continuous variables) and χ² (categorical variables) tests. SD=Standard deviation; CES-D= Centers for Epidemiologic Studies of Depression Scale.

⁺p<0.10

^*p<0.05

^**p<0.01

^***p<0.001