Inflammation and positive affect are associated with subjective health in women of the general population

Poor subjective health has been associated with higher levels of inflammatory cytokines. We investigated whether such an association would apply to women of the general population. Levels of cytokines, affect and subjective health were assessed in 347 women of the general population aged 45 to 90 ye...

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Published in:Journal of health psychology 2013-03, Vol.18 (3), p.311-320
Main Authors: Andreasson, Anna Nixon, Szulkin, Robert, Undén, Anna-Lena, von Essen, Jan, Nilsson, Lars-Göran, Lekander, Mats
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Affect
Affectivity. Emotion
Age
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Attitude to Health
Biological and medical sciences
Cells
Cohort Studies
cytokines
Cytokines - blood
Determinants
Emotions
Female
Females
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Geriatrics
Health care
Health Status
Health Surveys
Humans
Illness and personality
Infektionsmedicin
Inflammation
Inflammation - blood
Inflammation - psychology
Interleukin 6
Interleukin-6 - blood
Klinisk medicin
Medical sciences
Medicin och hälsovetenskap
Middle Aged
Negative affect
Personality, behavior and health
Personality. Affectivity
Population Surveillance
Positive affect
Psychology
Psychology and medicine
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Psykologi
Samhällsvetenskap
self-rated health
subjective health
Subjective judgments
Sweden
Tillämpad psykologi
Women
Women's issues
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Summary:Poor subjective health has been associated with higher levels of inflammatory cytokines. We investigated whether such an association would apply to women of the general population. Levels of cytokines, affect and subjective health were assessed in 347 women of the general population aged 45 to 90 years. Higher levels of interleukin-6 were associated with poor subjective health, especially in participants over 65 years of age. Positive affect was a more robust determinant of subjective health than negative affect. The presence of low-grade inflammation and absence of positive affect, rather than presence of negative affect, may be important determinants of subjective health.
ISSN:1359-1053
1461-7277
1461-7277
DOI:10.1177/1359105311435428