Why the study?
Do psychosocial risk factors predict the incidence of myocardial infarction or angina in middle-aged men?
Population
9758 men aged 50-59 years initially free of any cardiovascular disease
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
5 years
Authors
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Does not support psychosocial screening for MI risk in middle-aged men; leaves open depression's association with angina in observational data.
Do psychosocial risk factors predict the incidence of myocardial infarction or angina in middle-aged men?
Psychosocial risk factors such as hostility, depression, and Type A behavior do not strongly predict hard cardiovascular endpoints like myocardial infarction in middle-aged men.
Sykes et al. (2002) studied this question.
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