Does personality explain social inequalities in mortality? The French GAZEL cohort study
Why the study?
Do personality measures explain the association between socioeconomic position and mortality in adults?
Population
14,445 participants of the French GAZEL cohort aged 39-54 years in 1993
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
12.7 years
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
Personality may partially mediate SEP-mortality links in men but not women; leaves open causal pathways and intervention targets.
Structured PICO
Do personality measures explain the association between socioeconomic position and mortality in adults?
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Population
14,445 participants of the French GAZEL cohort aged 39-54 years in 1993
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Intervention
Assessment of personality measures (Bortner-Type-A-scale, Buss-Durkee-Hostility-Inventory, Grossarth-Maticek and Eysenck-Personality-Stress-Inventory) and socioeconomic position
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Outcome
Mortality (including cardiovascular mortality)hard clinical
Personality measures partially explain the mortality gradients associated with adult socioeconomic position in men, but not in women.
Cite This Study
Nabi et al. (2008) studied this question.