Cholesterol, triglycerides, and the Five-Factor Model of personality

Biological Psychology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 186-191

  Sutin, Angelina R ^a   Terracciano, Antonio ^a   Deiana, Barbara ^b   Uda, Manuela ^b   Schlessinger, David ^a   Lakatta, Edward G ^a   Costa, Paul T ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Depression; Impulsivity; Personality; Triglycerides

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMPULSIVENESS; ITALY; LIPID ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHOLESTEROL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953024288     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2010.01.012     Document Type: Article

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