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Published in final edited form as: Psychosom Med. 2012 Apr 17;74(5):517–525. doi: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e31824f6267

Table 4.

Age and race/ethnicity-adjusted and multivariable-adjusted^* mean differences in common and internal carotid artery IMTs and odds ratios for carotid plaque per one SD increase in trait anger, stratified by gender, MESA

Characteristics	Age and race-adjusted		Multivariable-adjusted^*
Characteristics	Common carotid artery IMT (mm)	Internal carotid artery IMT (mm)	Common carotid artery IMT (mm)	Internal carotid artery IMT (mm)
Men
Mean difference per one SD increase^** (95% CI)	0.021 (0.004, 0.038)	0.075 (0.020, 0.130)	0.016 (−0.001, 0.032)	0.054 (−0.002, 0.110)
P	0.01	0.008	0.07	0.06
OR^*** for carotid plaque per one SD increase (95%CI)	1.44 (1.13, 1.84)		1.36 (1.05, 1.75)
P	0.003		0.02
Women
Mean difference per one SD increase^** (95% CI)	0.008 (−0.007, 0.021)	0.034 (−0.015, 0.082)	0.006 (−0.009, 0.021)	0.027 (−0.022, 0.076)
P	0.29	0.17	0.42	0.29
OR^*** for carotid plaque per one SD increase (95%CI)	1.10 (0.84, 1.42)		1.07 (0.81, 1.41)
P	0.49		0.64

Adjusted for age, ethnicity, systolic blood pressure, use of antihypertensive medication, smoking status, body mass index, diabetes mellitus, total/HDL cholesterol ratio, education, and physical activity.

^**

One SD: 4 points of trait anger score.

^***

Odds ratio.