Psychological characteristics, especially depression, hostility, and anger, may increase the risk for the metabolic syndrome.
Do psychological characteristics increase the risk of metabolic syndrome?
Psychological characteristics such as depression, hostility, and anger may increase the risk of developing metabolic syndrome, highlighting a potential target for prevention.
More prospective studies, conducted with diverse samples, are needed to delineate the direction of this relationship and the proposed biobehavioral mechanisms; experimental investigations are needed to test for causality. Nevertheless, findings suggest that psychological characteristics, especially depression, hostility, and anger, may increase risk for the metabolic syndrome, providing a novel direction for prevention and treatment interventions.
Goldbacher et al. (Mon,) conducted a review in Metabolic syndrome. Psychological characteristics (depression, hostility, anger) was evaluated on Risk of metabolic syndrome. Psychological characteristics, especially depression, hostility, and anger, may increase the risk for the metabolic syndrome.
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