Standard risk factors for lung cancer, cardiac infarct, apoplexy, diabetes mellitus and, their changes in psychosocial context.
In a prospective study, 1,353 persons were administered a psychosocial questionnaire. At the same time, smoking, weight, and blood pressure were measured. 3 years later these variables were measured again. Another 7 years later the whole group was checked for clinical diagnoses that had occurred in the meantime. The main results were: (1) the 3-year changes of the somatic risk factors were almost as good predictors as their values themselves; (2) psychosocial variables were considerably better predictors of the diseases, and they also predicted the changes of the somatic risk factors about as well as the diseases.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001794:Blood Pressure; D001835:Body Weight; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000523:psychology*; D010551:Personality; D012306:Risk; D012907:Smoking; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012931:Social Environment