Increased psychosocial strain in Lithuanian versus Swedish men: the LiVicordia study

Coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality is four times higher in 50-year-old Lithuanian men than in 50-year-old Swedish men. The difference cannot be explained by standard risk factors. The objective of this study was to examine differences in psychosocial risk factors for CHD in the two countries. Th...

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Published in:Psychosomatic medicine 1998, Vol.60 (3), p.277-282
Main Authors: Kristenson, M, Kucinskienë, Z, Bergdahl, B, Calkauskas, H, Urmonas, V, Orth-Gomér, K
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Coronary Disease - mortality
Coronary Disease - psychology
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Cross-Sectional Studies
Humans
Job Satisfaction
Lithuania - epidemiology
Male
Medicin och hälsovetenskap
Middle Aged
Quality of Life
Risk Factors
Social Support
Stress, Psychological - complications
Survival Analysis
Sweden - epidemiology
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Summary:Coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality is four times higher in 50-year-old Lithuanian men than in 50-year-old Swedish men. The difference cannot be explained by standard risk factors. The objective of this study was to examine differences in psychosocial risk factors for CHD in the two countries. The LiVicordia study is a cross-sectional survey comparing 150 randomly selected 50-year-old men in each of the two cities: Vilnius, Lithuania, and Linköping, Sweden. As part of the study, a broad range of psychosocial characteristics, known to predict CHD, were investigated. In the men from Vilnius compared with those from Linköping, we found a cluster of psychosocial risk factors for CHD; higher job strain (p
ISSN:0033-3174
DOI:10.1097/00006842-199805000-00011