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CAD
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Non-CVD
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Healthy
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Men (n = 482)
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Women (n = 116)
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Men (n = 193)
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Women (n = 245)
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Men (n = 14)
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Women (n = 11)
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Mean (± SD)
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Telomere length (T/S ratio)
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0.83 (0.17)
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0.86 (0.019)
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0.87 (0.19)
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0.90 (0.20)
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0.96 (0.18)
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0.91 (0.11)
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Hostility
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14.50 (5.18)
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13.94 (5.56)
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13.19 (6.26)
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13.30 (5.85)
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11.79 (5.79)
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11.64 (8.29)
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Defensiveness
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9.36 (2.72)
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9.32 (2.73)
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9.59 (2.68)
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9.13 (2.82)
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9.29 (2.43)
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8.82 (2.99)
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Correlations with telomere length (r)
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Defensiveness
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0.03
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0.14
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− 0.07
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− 0.04
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− 0.65*
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0.05
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Hostility
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− 0.01
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− 0.17
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0.04
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− 0.14*
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0.36
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− 0.39
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- No statistical differences between men and women emerged for all three groups
- *p < .05, ~ p = .06; effect size: r = .1 (small), r = .3 (medium), r = .5 (large)
