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 | ||||
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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) |