Table 1. Summary of the mean (±SD) demographic data for the defensive high-anxious, high-anxious, repressor, non-extreme and asymptomatic individu als.

	Patients				Controls
	Defensive high-anxious (n = 18)	High-anxious (n = 11)	Repressor (n = 9)	Non-extreme (n = 29)	Asymptomatic controls (n = 20)
Age (years)	50.7 (± 12.9)	42.0 (± 15.5)	54.0 (± 18.0)	50.9 (± 12.4)	36.1 (± 10.5)
Sex	12 females 6 males	9 females 2 males	5 females 4 males	19 females 9 males	9 females 11 males
Defensiveness	8.5 (± 0.7)	3.5 (± 0.6)	8.5 (± 0.7)	6.6 (± 1.4)	5.5 (± 2.1)
Trait anxiety	50.3 (± 8.4)	52.2 (± 8.9)	26.2 (± 3.4)	38.5 (± 7.6)	36.6 (± 8.6)
State anxiety	31.7 (± 8.6)	29.5 (± 6.2)	22.7 (± 3.6)	30.6 (± 8.2)	27.3 (± 7.4)