Table 2 Behavior in the serial CWT and personality-factors in relation to four indicators of severity of myocardial infarction (n = 147)
Maximum troponin I | Maximum creatine kinase-MB | Q-wave infarction n = 51 | Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≤ 50% n = 79 | ||||||
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n | mean | p-value1 | mean | p-value1 | %2 | p-value3 | %2 | p-value3 | |
Behavior in the CWT | |||||||||
Adaptive | 74 | 18.57 | 80.22 | 35.1 | 51.4 | ||||
Maladaptive | 73 | 20.78 | 0.71 | 85.13 | 0.75 | 34.2 | 0.91 | 56.2 | 0.56 |
Neuroticism | |||||||||
Low level | 100 | 17.16 | 81.82 | 36.0 | 55.0 | ||||
High level | 47 | 25.01 | 0.22 | 84.45 | 0.87 | 31.9 | 0.63 | 51.1 | 0.66 |
Extraversion | |||||||||
Low level | 45 | 29.58 | 102.58 | 44.4 | 57.8 | ||||
High level | 102 | 15.29 | 0.03 | 73.87 | 0.08 | 30.4 | 0.10 | 52.0 | 0.51 |
Openness | |||||||||
Low level | 47 | 23.45 | 78.96 | 25.5 | 51.1 | ||||
High level | 100 | 17.89 | 0.39 | 84.40 | 0.74 | 39.0 | 0.11 | 55.0 | 0.66 |
Agreeableness | |||||||||
Low level | 48 | 18.29 | 89.24 | 35.4 | 52.1 | ||||
High level | 99 | 20.33 | 0.75 | 79.47 | 0.55 | 34.3 | 0.90 | 54.5 | 0.78 |
Conscientiousness | |||||||||
Low level | 52 | 23.57 | 98.55 | 34.6 | 48.1 | ||||
High level | 95 | 17.53 | 0.33 | 73.97 | 0.13 | 34.7 | 0.99 | 56.8 | 0.31 |