Suppressed hostility predicted hypertension incidence among middle-aged men: The normative aging study

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 443-454

  Zhang, Jianping ^a   Niaura, Raymond ^b   Todaro, John F ^b   McCaffery, Jeanne M ^b   Shen, Biing Jiun ^b   Spiro III, Avron ^c   Ward, Kenneth D ^d  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Hostility; Incident hypertension; Suppression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MMPI; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRESSION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33644603986     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: 15733521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10865-005-9016-5     Document Type: Article

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