Table II.
Subject Characteristics (n=22)
| Means±SD | |
| Age (years) | 49.3±7.9 |
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | 25.8±5.3 |
| Run‐in home BP (mm Hg) | |
| Systolic | 148.4±7.0 |
| Diastolic | 99.4±6.2 |
| Gender (% male) | 54.5 |
| Ethnicity (%) | |
| White/African American/other | 54.5/22.7/22.7 |
| Psychometric Scores | |
| Means±SD | |
| STAXI | |
| Anger‐out | 13.8±3.0 |
| Anger‐in | 16.4±4.8 |
| Anger‐control | 25.8±4.0 |
| Anger total | 20.4±6.7 |
| STPI | |
| Trait anger | 18.4±5.5 |
| Trait anxiety | 18.0±5.3 |
| Marlowe‐Crowne Social | |
| Desirability Scale | 17.7±6.8 |
| BP=blood pressure; STAXI=State‐Trait Anger Expression Inventory; STPI=State‐Trait Personality Inventory Psychometric scales are described in the Methods section. | |