Table 1. Sample characteristics I: sociodemographics, health behavior and symptom distress by group; contrast weights (-1/-1/-1/3).
| Contrast | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Controls | NA trait | SI trait | Type D | t | p | |||||
| n (%) | 93 | (14.4) | 55 | (8.5) | 208 | (32.1) | 290 | (44.8) | ||
| Sex, n (%) | ||||||||||
| Women | 5 | (5.7) | 11 | (21.2) | 15 | (7.8) | 42 | (15.8) | ||
| Men | 82 | (94.3) | 41 | (78.8) | 178 | (92.2) | 224 | (84.2) | ||
| Age, years | 41 | (11) | 38 | (13) | 41 | (11) | 43 | (11) | 2.390 | .017 |
| Alcohol, g per day | 14.31 | (13.11) | 16.66 | (17.08) | 15.61 | (14.85) | 18.26 | (18.87) | 1.694 | .091 |
| Current smoking, n (%) | 24 | (25.8) | 20 | (36.4) | 53 | (25.6) | 77 | (26.7) | ||
| Physical activity per kg | 4.39 | (4.03) | 3.69 | (4.11) | 3.94 | (4.66) | 4.22 | (6.19) | 0.577 | .56 |
| BMI, kg/m2 | 26.39 | (3.20) | 25.47 | (3.52) | 26.16 | (3.80) | 26.58 | (4.37) | 1.284 | .20 |
| Type-D: NA trait | 5.38 | (2.57) | 12.64 | (2.61) | 6.78 | (6.78) | 14.50 | (3.56) | 23.030 | < .0001 |
| Type-D: SI trait | 7.77 | (1.31) | 8.15 | (8.15) | 12.40 | (2.02) | 13.39 | (2.49) | 23.031 | < .0001 |
| Type-D: Total score | 13.15 | (3.13) | 20.78 | (2.91) | 19.18 | (3.03) | 27.90 | (4.90) | 27.337 | < .0001 |
| SF-12: Physical score | 53.12 | (5.96) | 51.60 | (7.67) | 52.11 | (6.02) | 47.31 | (9.44) | -7.157 | < .0001 |
| SF-12: Mental score | 53.41 | (6.62) | 42.17 | (10.40) | 52.07 | (6.48) | 43.07 | (10.44) | -7.389 | < .0001 |
| HADS: Anxiety | 4.08 | (2.61) | 7.75 | (2.51) | 5.04 | (2.71) | 8.11 | (2.55) | 7.045 | < .0001 |
| HADS: Depression | 2.72 | (2.18) | 5.73 | (3.02) | 3.35 | (2.43) | 6.56 | (3.10) | 10.065 | < .0001 |
| Jenkins Sleep Index | 3.33 | (2.95) | 6.78 | (4.33) | 4.11 | (3.22) | 7.18 | (4.37) | 6.526 | < .0001 |
| Social Support Scale | 62.97 | (5.99) | 60.57 | (8.22) | 58.60 | (8.67) | 56.66 | (9.04) | -5.523 | < .0001 |
Note: Results are presented as means and standard deviations (SD), or frequencies n (%).
Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; NA trait, negative affectivity trait; SI trait, social inhibition trait; SF-12, Short Form Health Survey; HADS, Hospitality Anxiety and Depression Scale.