Abstract
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.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 588-593 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Health Psychology |
Volume | 21 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 2002 |
Keywords
- Coronary heart disease
- Hostility
- Metabolic syndrome
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Applied Psychology
- Psychiatry and Mental health