Table 2.

Cognitive appraisal of CVR and style of coping regarding gender

Stress	Gender [mean (SD)]		t
	Females	Males
Cognitive appraisal of CVD risk
Threat	17.98 (5.81)	18.77 (6.20)	0.65
Harm/loss	9.96 (2.52)	9.61 (1.84)	0.83
Challenge	36.04 (6.14)	32.83 (5.75)	3.98**
Style of coping
Task-oriented	57.65 (8.05)	59.31 (6.13)	1.18
Emotion-oriented	42.83 (9.02)	42.22 (8.95)	0.28
Avoidant	45.60 (6.73)	44.38 (9.23)	0.65

Note: **p < .01 Student’s t-test.