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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Res Pers. 2013 Dec;47(6):10.1016/j.jrp.2013.08.005. doi: 10.1016/j.jrp.2013.08.005

Table 1.

Summary of Data

First 24 hours Second 24 hours
Visit-level measures Mean (SD) Median (lq, uq) Mean (SD) Median (lq, uq)
N of EMA reports 29.4 (5.6) 30 (26, 33) 28.2 (5.7) 29 (25, 33)
EMA compliance, percent 80.7 (14.6) 83.9 (75.8, 90.9) 78.2 (14.6) 79.8 (71.1, 89.4)
Anxious/Tense (100-pt VAS)
  Individual reports 15.3 (20.2) 6 (0, 22) 17.4 (20.8) 9 (0, 27)
  Person means 15.7 (13.3) 11.8 (6.1, 22.1) 17.8 (14.9) 12.9 (5.9, 26.4)
  Person standard deviation 13.7 (7.9) 14.1 (7.1, 19.6) 13.6 (7.7) 13.3 (7.7, 18.6)
Angry/Hostile (100-pt VAS)
  Individual reports 8.1 (13.8) 2 (0, 9) 10.1 (15.5) 3 (0, 12)
  Person means 8.4 (8.4) 5.5 (1.9, 12.6) 10.3 (10.8) 6.4 (1.7, 14.4)
  Person standard deviation 8.9 (7.1) 8.0 (2.9, 13.6) 9.3 (7.5) 7.9 (2.5, 15.5)
Person-level measures Mean (SD) Median (lq, uq)
Months between two assessments 7.5 (4.1) 6.5 (5.0, 8.6)
Spielberger Trait Anxiety Score 19.3 (6.7) 19 (15, 23)
Cook-Medley
  Cynical Aggression 2.5 (1.9) 2 (1, 4)
  Hostile Affect 1.9 (1.3) 2 (1, 3)
  Hostile Aggression 3.2 (1.8) 3 (2, 4)
  Total Score 7.6 (3.7) 7 (5, 10)

N=165 participants who performed ambulatory blood pressure monitoring with electronic EMA monitoring for two 24-hour periods. EMA reports were completed after each blood pressure reading, which were programmed to occur at 28-minute intervals.

SD=standard deviation, lq=lower quartile, uq=upper quartile