Optimism and cardiovascular health among African Americans in the Jackson Heart Study

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 129, Issue , 2019, Pages

  Sims, Mario ^a   Glover, LáShauntá M ^a,b   Norwood, Arnita F ^a   Jordan, Christina ^a   Min, Yuan I ^a   Brewer, LaPrincess C ^c   Kubzansky, Laura D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Cardiovascular health; Jackson Heart Study; Life's Simple 7; Optimism

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION LIFE'S SIMPLE 7; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIET; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENDER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIMISM; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; VERY ELDERLY; BLOOD; EXERCISE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEX FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIMISM; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 85071633323     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2019.105826     Document Type: Article

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