Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the study cohort by quartiles of hostility trait
| Hostility | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | |||||
| n | Mean (SD) or (%) |
n | Mean (SD) or (%) |
n | Mean (SD) or (%) |
n | Mean (SD) or (%) |
|
| Age at baseline (years) | 2410 | 68.1 (7.6) | 2797 | 67.9 (7.6) | 3661 | 67.4 (7.7) | 2478 | 66.8 (7.8) |
| Ethnicity | 7 | (0.3) | 17 | (0.6) | 16 | (0.4) | 32 | (1.3) |
| American Indian or Alaskan Native | ||||||||
| Asian or Pacific Islander | 114 | (4.7) | 92 | (3.3) | 123 | (3.4) | 83 | (3.3) |
| Black or African-American | 248 | (10.3) | 365 | (13.0) | 666 | (18.2) | 620 | (25.0) |
| Hispanic/Latino | 109 | (4.5) | 134 | (4.8) | 201 | (5.5) | 224 | (9.0) |
| White (not of Hispanic origin) | 1896 | (78.7) | 2157 | (77.1) | 2606 | (71.2) | 1474 | (59.5) |
| Other | 36 | (1.5) | 32 | (1.1) | 49 | (1.3) | 45 | (1.8) |
| Educational levels | 520 | (21.6) | 661 | (23.6) | 955 | (26.1) | 884 | (35.7) |
| higher diploma or less | ||||||||
| some college or technical training | 907 | (37.6) | 1096 | (39.2) | 1597 | (43.6) | 1000 | (40.4) |
| college graduate or some post-college | 533 | (22.1) | 578 | (20.7) | 643 | (17.6) | 365 | (14.7) |
| master degree or higher | 450 | (18.7) | 462 | (16.5) | 466 | (12.7) | 229 | (9.2) |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 2389 | 30.8 (6.3) | 2782 | 31.1 (6.4) | 3638 | 31.7 (6.6) | 2468 | 32.6 (6.7) |
| Waist/Hip Ratio (WHR) | 2398 | 0.9 (0.1) | 2787 | 0.9 (0.1) | 3643 | 0.9 (0.1) | 2473 | 0.9 (0.1) |
| Total energy expend from recreational phys activity (MET-hours/week) | 2407 | 10.6 (12.3) | 2795 | 9.9 (12.0) | 3659 | 9.4 (11.6) | 2475 | 9.0 (11.9) |
| TOTAL HEI-2005 SCORE | 2410 | 67.9 (10.6) | 2796 | 67.4 (10.8) | 3661 | 66.3 (10.7) | 2478 | 64.8 (11.1) |
| Smoking habit | 1258 | (52.2) | 1485 | (53.1) | 1906 | (52.1) | 1317 | (53.1) |
| Never Smoked | ||||||||
| Past Smoker | 996 | (41.3) | 1117 | (39.9) | 1491 | (40.7) | 948 | (38.3) |
| Current Smoker | 156 | (6.5) | 195 | (7.0) | 264 | (7.2) | 213 | (8.6) |
| Alcohol consumption | 303 | (12.6) | 337 | (12.0) | 505 | (13.8) | 451 | (18.2) |
| Non drinker | ||||||||
| Past drinker | 580 | (24.1) | 734 | (26.2) | 970 | (26.5) | 786 | (31.7) |
| <1 drink per month | 385 | (16.0) | 431 | (15.4) | 605 | (16.5) | 339 | (13.7) |
| <1 drink per week | 475 | (19.7) | 581 | (20.8) | 780 | (21.3) | 456 | (18.4) |
| 1 to <7 drinks per week | 492 | (20.4) | 515 | (18.4) | 589 | (16.1) | 346 | (14.0) |
| 7+ drinks per week | 175 | (7.3) | 199 | (7.1) | 212 | (5.8) | 100 | (4.0) |
| High cholesterol requiring pills ever | 1972 | (81.8) | 2291 | (81.9) | 2963 | (80.9) | 1979 | (79.9) |
| No | ||||||||
| Yes | 438 | (18.2) | 506 | (18.1) | 698 | (19.1) | 499 | (20.1) |
| Hypertension | 1441 | (59.8) | 1600 | (57.2) | 2066 | (56.4) | 1376 | (55.5) |
| Never hypertensive | ||||||||
| Untreated hypertensive | 899 | (37.3) | 1088 | (38.9) | 1473 | (40.2) | 1002 | (40.4) |
| Treated hypertensive | 70 | (2.9) | 109 | (3.9) | 122 | (3.3) | 100 | (4.0) |
| Relative had stroke | 1132 | (47.0) | 1301 | (46.5) | 1628 | (44.5) | 1125 | (45.4) |
| No | ||||||||
| Yes | 1278 | (53.0) | 1496 | (53.5) | 2033 | (55.5) | 1353 | (54.6) |
| Relative had MI | 1349 | (44.8) | 1140 | (44.2) | 2039 | (45.1) | 1365 | (47.4) |
| No | ||||||||
| Yes | 1659 | (55.2) | 1438 | (55.8) | 2479 | (54.9) | 1515 | (52.6) |
| Depressive symptoms | 2024 | (84.0) | 2147 | (76.8) | 2640 | (72.1) | 1512 | (61.0) |
| None | ||||||||
| Mild | 264 | (11.0) | 367 | (13.1) | 528 | (14.4) | 411 | (16.6) |
| Moderate | 122 | (5.1) | 283 | (10.1) | 493 | (13.5) | 555 | (22.4) |
| Systolic blood pressure | 745 | (30.9) | 748 | (26.8) | 987 | (27.0) | 650 | (26.3) |
| <=120 | ||||||||
| 120 – 140 | 1067 | (44.3) | 1288 | (46.1) | 1707 | (46.7) | 1119 | (45.2) |
| >140 | 597 | (24.8) | 760 | (27.2) | 964 | (26.4) | 705 | (28.5) |
| Diastolic blood pressure | 2198 | (91.2) | 2567 | (91.8) | 3345 | (91.4) | 2247 | (90.8) |
| <90 | ||||||||
| >=90 | 211 | (8.8) | 229 | (8.2) | 313 | (8.6) | 227 | (9.2) |
| Prior hormone theray | 1060 | (44.8) | 1315 | (47.9) | 1813 | (50.3) | 1323 | (54.2) |
| never | ||||||||
| E alone | 697 | (29.4) | 815 | (29.7) | 1079 | (29.9) | 703 | (28.8) |
| E+P | 471 | (19.9) | 499 | (18.2) | 550 | (15.3) | 323 | (13.2) |
| E alone ever or E+P ever | 140 | (5.9) | 117 | (4.3) | 164 | (4.5) | 91 | (3.7) |