Hostility, age, and mortality in a sample of cardiac patients.
This study examined hostility as a predictor of survival in a sample of 1,328 patients who had documented coronary artery disease. After controlling for disease severity, there was a significant interaction between age and hostility. Hostility was significantly associated with poorer survival but only in younger (<61.2 years) patients.
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA. shboyle@duke.edu
Stephen H
SH
Boyle
Redford B
RB
Williams
Daniel B
DB
Mark
Beverly H
BH
Brummett
Ilene C
IC
Siegler
John C
JC
Barefoot
D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000401:mortality* / Q000523:psychology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006791:Hostility; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis