Trait antagonism and the progression of arterial thickening: Women with antagonistic traits have similar carotid arterial thickness as men

Hypertension

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 617-622

  Sutin, Angelina R ^a   Scuteri, Angelo ^b   Lakatta, Edward G ^a   Tarasov, Kirill V ^a   Ferrucci, Luigi ^a   Costa, Paul T ^a   Schlessinger, David ^a   Uda, Manuela ^c   Terracciano, Antonio ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b INRCA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

anger; antagonism; atherosclerosis; intima media thickness; personality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKENING; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRIGLYCERIDES; TUNICA INTIMA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957243189     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.110.155317     Document Type: Article

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