Suppressed hostility predicted hypertension incidence among middle-aged men: the normative aging study. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • This study tested whether suppressed hostility predicted incident hypertension (HTN) in initially nonhypertensive men, using prospective data from the Normative Aging Study. Six hundred twenty-seven men who completed the MMPI and participated in a subsequent laboratory assessment were included in the study. The Cook-Medley Hostility scale (Ho), a suppression factor, and other risk factors were used to predict incident HTN over a 3-year period. Logistic regression showed a significant three-way interaction among Ho, suppression, and age in predicting incident HTN. Among middle-aged men (

publication date

  • September 23, 2005

Research

keywords

  • Hostility
  • Hypertension
  • Repression, Psychology

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 33644603986

PubMed ID

  • 16179978

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 28

issue

  • 5