Hostility, the Metabolic Syndrome, and Incident Coronary Heart Disease

This investigation examined the impact of hostility and the metabolic syndrome on coronary heart disease (CHD) using prospective data from the Normative Aging Study. Seven hundred seventy-four older, unmedicated men free of cardiovascular disease were included in the study. The total Cook-Medley Hos...

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Published in:Health psychology 2002-11, Vol.21 (6), p.588-593
Main Authors: Niaura, Raymond, Todaro, John F, Stroud, Laura, Spiro, Avron, Ward, Kenneth D, Weiss, Scott
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Biological and medical sciences
Boston - epidemiology
Cardiology. Vascular system
Coronary Disease - epidemiology
Coronary diseases
Coronary heart disease
Heart
Heart Disorders
Hostility
Human
Humans
Incidence
Linear Models
Male
Medical sciences
Metabolic Syndrome
Metabolic Syndrome - complications
Metabolic Syndrome - psychology
Metabolism Disorders
Middle Aged
Multivariate Analysis
Risk Factors
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Summary:This investigation examined the impact of hostility and the metabolic syndrome on coronary heart disease (CHD) using prospective data from the Normative Aging Study. Seven hundred seventy-four older, unmedicated men free of cardiovascular disease were included in the study. The total Cook-Medley Hostility (Ho) Scale score, anthropometric data, serum lipids, fasting insulin concentrations, blood pressure, cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, and total dietary calories were used to predict incident CHD during a 3-year follow-up interval. Multivariate analysis indicated that only Ho positively predicted and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol level negatively predicted incident CHD. Ho's effects on CHD may be mediated through mechanisms other than factors that constitute the metabolic syndrome.
ISSN:0278-6133
1930-7810
DOI:10.1037/0278-6133.21.6.588