Acute and chronic life event stress in coronary atherosclerosis.
The relation between acute and chronic life events stress and atherosclerosis was assessed in 491 patients having coronary angiography for presumed coronary heart disease. There was no evidence that recent acute stressful events or chronic difficulties in adult life were independently related to coronary artery atherosclerosis once potentially confounding variables such as sex were controlled.
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Department of Psychiatry, Royal North Shore Hospital, St. Leonards N.S.W., Australia.
Langeluddecke
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Fulcher
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Wilby
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications