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Cynical hostility and the metabolic syndrome: A case-control study
- Source :
- Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, Vol 66, Iss 3 (2016)
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- PAGEPress Publications, 2016.
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Abstract
- Background: Evidence suggests that metabolic syndrome and hostility are independent risk factors for the development of coronary heart disease. Recently, the combined effect of metabolic syndrome and hostility has shown to predict the incidence of myocardial infarction. This study tested whether cynical hostility was associated with the metabolic syndrome in a sample of Italian adults. Methods: 992 subjects participated in the study. Among them, 546 participants were classified as having metabolic syndrome and 446 as controls, not having any of the risk factors that constitute the metabolic syndrome. Cynicism, the cognitive component of hostility, was measured with a self-report questionnaire derived from the CookâMedley Hostility Scale. Metabolic syndrome was based on having the following risk factors: obesity, hyperinsulinemia, dyslipidemia, and elevated arterial blood pressure. Results: The cross-sectional association of cynical hostility with metabolic syndrome was statistically significant (p
- Subjects :
- coronary heart disease
cynicism
hostility
metabolic syndrome
Medicine
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 11220643 and 25325264
- Volume :
- 66
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.33d31f0b79f84516994f1b30846c4624
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2006.524