Key result
Hostility positively predicted incident coronary heart disease over a 3-year follow-up in older men, independent of factors constituting the metabolic syndrome.
Why the study?
Does hostility predict incident coronary heart disease in older, unmedicated men?
Cohort (n=774)
Does hostility predict incident coronary heart disease in older, unmedicated men?
Hostility is a positive predictor of incident coronary heart disease in older men, independent of metabolic syndrome factors.
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Hostility independently predicts CHD in older men; leaves open mediation pathways and requires confirmation before clinical consideration.
This invesgation 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 though mechanisms other than factors that constitute the metabolic syndrome.
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Niaura et al. (2002) conducted a cohort in Coronary heart disease (n=774). Hostility and metabolic syndrome was evaluated on Incident coronary heart disease. Hostility positively predicted incident coronary heart disease over a 3-year follow-up in older men, independent of factors constituting the metabolic syndrome.
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