| Lack of correlation between psychological factors and subclinical coronary artery disease. | |
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PMID: 11058674 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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BACKGROUND: The relation between psychological variables and clinically evident coronary artery disease has been studied extensively, although the potential mechanisms of such a relation remain speculative. We studied the relation between multiple psychological variables and subclinical coronary artery disease to assess the possible role of such variables in atherogenesis. METHODS: We conducted a prospective study of 630 consecutive consenting, active-duty U.S. Army personnel, 39 to 45 years of age, without known coronary artery disease. Each participant was assessed for depression, anxiety, somatization, hostility, and stress. Subclinical coronary artery disease was identified by electron-beam computed tomography. RESULTS: The mean (+/-SD) age of the subjects was 42+/-2 years; 82 percent were male, and 72 percent were white. The prevalence of coronary-artery calcification was 17.6 percent (mean calcification score, 10+/-49). The prevalence of prior or current psychiatric disorders was 12.7 percent. There was no correlation between the coronary-calcification score and the scores measuring depression (r= -0.07, P=0.08), anxiety (r=-0.07, P=0.10), hostility (r=-0.07, P=0.10), or stress (r=-0.002, P=0.96). Somatization (the number and severity of durable physical symptoms) was inversely correlated with calcification scores (r=-0.12, P=0.003), even after we controlled for age and sex. In multivariate logistic-regression models, a somatization score greater than 4 (out of a possible 26) was independently associated with the absence of any coronary-artery calcification (odds ratio, 0.49; 95 percent confidence interval, 0.25 to 0.96). CONCLUSIONS: Our data suggest that depression, anxiety, hostility, and stress are not related to coronary-artery calcification and that somatization is associated with the absence of calcification. |
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Authors:
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P G O'Malley; D L Jones; I M Feuerstein; A J Taylor |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: The New England journal of medicine Volume: 343 ISSN: 0028-4793 ISO Abbreviation: N. Engl. J. Med. Publication Date: 2000 Nov |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2000-10-20 Completed Date: 2000-11-02 Revised Date: 2007-11-15 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0255562 Medline TA: N Engl J Med Country: UNITED STATES |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1298-304 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
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Department of Medicine, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA. patrick.omalley@na.amedd.army.mil |
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Adult Anxiety / complications Calcinosis / classification, psychology*, radiography Coronary Artery Disease / radiography Coronary Disease / classification, psychology*, radiography Depression / complications Female Hostility Humans Logistic Models Male Middle Aged Prevalence Prospective Studies Somatoform Disorders / complications* Stress, Psychological / complications |
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N Engl J Med. 2001 Feb 22;344(8):608-9; author reply 610-1
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N Engl J Med. 2001 Feb 22;344(8):609-10; author reply 610-1 [PMID: 11221627 ] N Engl J Med. 2001 Feb 22;344(8):610; author reply 610-1 [PMID: 11221629 ] N Engl J Med. 2001 Feb 22;344(8):609; author reply 610-1 [PMID: 11221628 ] |
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