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Table 1 Participant demographic and symptom characteristics

From: Worry is associated with robust reductions in heart rate variability: a transdiagnostic study of anxiety psychopathology

 

Clinical (n = 25)

Control (n = 58)

p-values

Age in yearsa

19.71 (2.8)

19.56 (2.62)

.83

N of females (%)

76

58.6

.13

AUDIT

6.44 (5.87)

7.84 (5.92)

.32

Systolic BPb

119.32 (14.53)

122.19 (13.42)

.4

Diastolic BPb

79.76 (13.15)

75.81 (11.18)

.2

BMIb

21.31 (2.97)

23.01 (4.16)

.04

Symptom Measures

   

 PSWQc

60.5 (11.77)

42 (11.85)

<.001

 DASS Dd

20.5 (12.75)

6.93 (8.41)

<.001

 DASS Ad

18.67 (10.74)

4.93 (6.23)

<.001

 DASS Sd

24.67 (10)

10.62 (8.16)

<.001

 STAI Se

47.12 (11.37)

32.96 (7.74)

<.001

  1. Note: Means and standard deviations (in parentheses) are presented for continuous data; AUDIT Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test, BMI Body mass index, PSQW Penn State Worry Questionnaire, DASS D Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (short-form) depression subscale, DASS21-A Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (short-form) anxiety subscale, DASS A Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (short-form) stress subscale, STAI S State-Trait Anxiety Inventory – State scale. aClinical n = 24, Control n = 55; bClinical n = 25, Control n = 57; cClinical n = 24, Control n = 57; dClinical n = 24, Control n = 58; eClinical n = 25, Control n = 55