Personality traits and inflammation in men and women in their early 70s: The lothian birth cohort 1936 study of healthy aging

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 11-19

  Mõttus, René ^a,b   Luciano, Michelle ^a   Starr, John M ^a,c   Pollard, Martha C ^a   Deary, Ian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c Royal Victoria Hospital Edinburgh   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; conscientiousness; fibrinogen; inflammation; interleukin 6; personality traits

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN; INTERLEUKIN 6;

AGED; AGING; AGREEABLENESS; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONSCIENTIOUSNESS; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTERNATIONAL PERSONALITY ITEM POOL; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NEO FIVE-FACTOR INVENTORY; NEUROSIS; OPENNESS; PERSONALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; SMOKING;

EID: 84872326641     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e31827576cc     Document Type: Article

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