Key result
Emotional lability significantly predicted incident cardiovascular disease over 10 years after adjusting for age, gender, and smoking, whereas cancer was not predicted by any personality factors.
Why the study?
Do personality factors predict the incidence of cardiovascular disease and cancer in adults?
Cohort (n=5,133)
Do personality factors predict the incidence of cardiovascular disease and cancer in adults?
Emotional lability is an independent predictor of self-reported incident cardiovascular disease, whereas personality factors do not predict cancer incidence.
Emotional lability may flag higher CVD risk; leaves open personality effects on cancer and need for prospective validation.
Ten years ago a sample of N = 5.133 male and female subjects (age 28-74) responded to questionnaires including scales for personality, life style, work stress as well as questions on prevalent disease. We now report on the follow-up regarding self-reported incidence of cardiovascular disease and cancer. During a mean follow-up of 10 years, 257 participants had died. Of those alive, N = 4.010 (82%) participated in the follow-up. Of these, 120 and 180 persons reported incident cardiovascular disease and cancer, respectively. The incidence of cardiovascular disease could be significantly predicted by the personality factors “Emotional Lability”, “Behavioral Control” and “Type-A-Behavior” as well as by the “Rationality/Antemotionality”-scale according to Grossarth-Maticek. After controlling for age, gender and smoking behavior only the significant effect of “Emotional Lability” remained and the predictors according to Grossarth-Maticek had no incremental validity. Cancer could not be predicted by any personality factors.
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Amelang et al. (2004) conducted a cohort in Cardiovascular disease and cancer (n=5,133). Personality factors was evaluated on Self-reported incidence of cardiovascular disease and cancer. Emotional lability significantly predicted incident cardiovascular disease over 10 years after adjusting for age, gender, and smoking, whereas cancer was not predicted by any personality factors.
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