Figure 1

Blood pressures at baseline and changes during stress tests in the personality quartiles. Illustration of blood pressures at baseline and changes during stress in the personality quartiles (Chi-Square test with linear-by-linear association). Suspicion at baseline (a), detachment during mental stress test (b) and psychasthenia and detachment during cold pressor test (c) were the only personalities that showed significant dependencies to blood pressure levels. SBP/DBP: systolic and diastolic blood pressure.