Table 1.

Participant characteristics

N	195
Age, M (SD)	58.81 (4.20)
Race/ethnicity, N (%)
White	146 (74.87)
Black / Other	49 (25.13)
Education, N (%)
High school/some college/vocational	75 (38.46)
College graduate	59 (30.26)
>College	61 (31.28)
BMI, Median (IQR)	28.02 (24.53, 33.60)
SBP, mmHg, M (SD)	117.93 (14.19)
DBP, mmHg, M (SD)	68.16 (8.87)
LDL, mg/dL, M (SD)	118.85 (33.92)
HDL, mg/dL, M (SD)	64.29 (16.93)
Triglycerides, mg/dL, Median (IQR)	95.00 (71.00, 123.00)
HOMA, Median (IQR)	3.42 (2.10, 4.95)
Physical activity, Median (IQR)†	396.00 (0.00, 1399.00)
Smoking, N (%)	5 (2.56)
Medications, N (%)
Anti-hypertensive	46 (23.59)
Anti-diabetic	13 (6.67)
Lipid-lowering	32 (16.41)
Depressive symptoms, high, N (%)‡	31 (15.90)
Self-compassion, M (SD)¶	3.60 (0.74)
Mean IMT, mm, Median (IQR)	0.69 (0.62, 0.77)
Maximal IMT, mm, Median (IQR)	0.86 (0.77, 0.95)

^†IPAQ leisure time physical activity scores,

^‡CESD score ≥16,

^¶Total self-compassion scale score