TABLE 3.

Summary of the significant predictors (identified with the X in the table) of risk severity and risk vulnerability at different ages.

	Age groups
	18–29 (n = 288)	30–39 (n = 374)	40–49 (n = 306)	50–59 (n = 318)	60–69 (n = 324)	Over 70 (n = 155)
Risk severity
Perceived anxiety	X	X	X	X	X	X
POMS anger-hostility			X	X		X
Gender		X	X
Employment					X
Risk vulnerability
Perceived anxiety	X	X	X	X	X	X
Incidence infections	X	X	X	X	X
Subjective health	X			X
POMS anger-hostility				X
POMS tension-anxiety		X
Gender			X
Employment		X