Feeling vigorous and the risks of all-cause mortality, ischemic heart disease, and diabetes: A 20-year follow-up of healthy employees

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 727-733

  Shirom, Arie ^a   Toker, Sharon ^a   Jacobson, Orit ^b   Balicer, Ran D ^b,c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

All cause mortality; Diabetes; Ischemic heart disease; Positive affect; Prospective design; Vigor

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; JOB EXPERIENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; VIGOR; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMOTION; EXERCISE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; WORK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EMOTIONS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; WORK;

EID: 78049513305     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e3181eeb643     Document Type: Article

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