Table 1.

Demographic and Baseline Characteristics by Treatment Group^a

Characteristic	Mean (SD)		P Value
	TM (n = 99)a	HE (n = 102)a
Female participants	41.4	44.1	.70
Age, y	59.9 (10.7)	58.4 (10.5)	.30
Lipid-lowering medication	59.6	60.8	.86
ACE inhibitors	43.4%	45.1%	.81
Angiotensin receptor agonists	7.1%	6.9%	.95
Beta blockers	2.0%	2.0%	.98
Calcium channel blockers	34.3%	36.3%	.77
Diuretics	43.4%	46.1%	.71
Aspirin	41.4%	31.4%	.14
Married	32.7	26.5	.34
Education, y	11.3 (2.7)	9.9 (3.6)	.003**
Household Income, $	16,979 (17,807)	14,194 (15, 023)	.25
Income below $10 000	48.5	47.1	.84
Weight, kg	93.1 (19.4)	92.6 (24.0)	.87
BMI	32.2 (6.8)	32.7 (7.4)	.56
Stenosed Arteries, No.	1.8 (0.9)	1.8 (0.9)	.91
Systolic blood pressure, mm Hg	133.0 (18.7)	131.5 (18.0)	.57
Diastolic blood pressure, mm Hg	77.5 (12.3)	76.8 (11.4)	.68
Hypertensive (BP≥140/90 mm Hg)	39.4	35.3	.55
Heart rate, bpm	72.0 (10.1)	72.2 (9.6)	.89
Currently smoke	38.4	43.1	.49
Consume alcohol	30.3	28.4	.77
Use illicit drugs	4.0	4.9	.77
Moderate or vigorous physical activity, hr/d	4.4 (4.0)	4.9 (4.0)	.41
Anger expression	26.0 (11.9)	28.5 (11.3)	.14
CMHI	15.2 (5.1)	15.9 (5.3)	.38
CES-D	18.2	30.7	.04*
Treatment expectancy	3.5 (0.9)	3.7 (0.9)	.36

P-value column needs to be deleted and replaced by footnotes:

^*P<.05

^**P<.01

^**P<.001

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index (calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared); CES-D, Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale35,36; CMHI, Cook-Medley Hostility Inventory composite score37,38; HE, health education control group; TM, Transcendental Meditation program.

^aFor continuous variables, data are expressed as mean (SD) values; for dichotomous variables, data are expressed as percentage of patients.