Table 2 Group means and Pearson correlations between TL and personality traits as a function of health status and sex
| Â | CAD | Non-CVD | Healthy | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Men (n = 482) | Women (n = 116) | Men (n = 193) | Women (n = 245) | Men (n = 14) | Women (n = 11) |
Mean (± SD) | ||||||
 Telomere length (T/S ratio) | 0.83 (0.17) | 0.86 (0.019) | 0.87 (0.19) | 0.90 (0.20) | 0.96 (0.18) | 0.91 (0.11) |
 Hostility | 14.50 (5.18) | 13.94 (5.56) | 13.19 (6.26) | 13.30 (5.85) | 11.79 (5.79) | 11.64 (8.29) |
 Defensiveness | 9.36 (2.72) | 9.32 (2.73) | 9.59 (2.68) | 9.13 (2.82) | 9.29 (2.43) | 8.82 (2.99) |
Correlations with telomere length (r) | ||||||
 Defensiveness | 0.03 | 0.14 | − 0.07 | − 0.04 | − 0.65* | 0.05 |
 Hostility | − 0.01 | − 0.17 | 0.04 | − 0.14* | 0.36 | − 0.39 |