Poor self-rated health is significantly associated with elevated C-reactive protein levels in women, but not in men, in the Japanese general population

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 225-231

  Tanno, Kozo ^a   Ohsawa, Masaki ^a   Onoda, Toshiyuki ^a   Itai, Kazuyoshi ^a   Sakata, Kiyomi ^a   Tanaka, Fumitaka ^a   Makita, Shinji ^a   Nakamura, Motoyuki ^a   Omama, Shinichi ^a   Ogasawara, Kuniaki ^a   Ogawa, Akira ^a   Ishibashi, Yasuhiro ^a   Kuribayashi, Toru ^b   Koyama, Tomiko ^c   Okayama, Akira ^d  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Iwate Health Service Association   (Japan)

^d FUKUJUJI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Cardiovascular risk factors; Community based study; Inflammation; Japanese; Self rated health

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; JAPANESE; LATEX ENHANCED IMMUNONEPHELOMETRY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; NEPHELOMETRY; POPULATION RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84864343815     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: 18791360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2012.05.013     Document Type: Article

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