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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jan 15.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Cardiol. 2017 Oct 22;251:8–13. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2017.10.061

Table 2.

Emotion During Mental Stress Testing and Recovery in CVaD vs. Controls

CVaD n=41 (mean ±SD) p-Value (Compared to Baseline) Reference Controls n=21 (mean ± SD) p-Value (Compared to Baseline) p-Value (CVaD vs. Reference Controls)
Δ Anger Recall
Δ Anxious 3.24 ± 2.21 <0.0001 2.48 ± 2.16 <0.0001 0.16
Δ Tense 3.39 ± 1.93 <0.0001 3.10 ± 1.84 <0.0001 0.55
Δ Frustrated 4.80 ± 1.55 <0.0001 3.62 ± 2.18 <0.0001 0.02
Δ Irritated 4.39 ± 1.93 <0.0001 3.29 ± 1.79 <0.0001 0.008
Δ Depressed 1.66 ± 2.23 <0.0001 1.24 ± 1.81 0.005 0.42
Δ Angry 4.05 ± 1.95 <0.0001 3.71 ± 2.28 <0.0001 0.72
Δ Stressed 4.29 ± 1.66 <0.0001 3.62 ± 1.77 <0.0001 0.14
Δ Challenged 3.05±2.6 <0.0001 2.29 ±2 <0.0001 0.42
Δ Mental Arithmetic
Δ Anxious 4.30 ± 1.68 <0.0001 3.30 ± 1.89 <0.0001 0.04
Δ Tense 4.13 ± 1.68 <0.0001 3.95 ± 2.01 <0.0001 0.94
Δ Frustrated 4.83 ± 1.57 <0.0001 4.30 ± 1.95 <0.0001 0.34
Δ Irritated 3.85 ± 2.21 <0.0001 3.90 ± 1.86 <0.0001 0.92
Δ Depressed 1.48± 2.33 0.0003 1.00 ± 1.62 0.012 0.61
Δ Angry 3.60 ± 2.37 <0.0001 2.40 ± 2.58 0.0005 0.07
Δ Stressed 4.43 ± 1.81 <0.0001 4.00 ± 2.08 <0.0001 0.45
Δ Challenged 4.16 ±2.01 <0.0001 4.81 ± 1.64 <0.0001 0.25