Psychological stress and incidence of ischaemic heart disease

Psychological characteristics and fatal ischaemic heart disease.

OBJECTIVE To determine the relation between psychological characteristics and subsequent fatal ischaemic heart disease (IHD) events. DESIGN Prospective study of participants in the Northwick Park heart study (NPHS) recruited between 1972 and 1978 and followed up for fatal events until 1997. SETTING Three occupational groups in north west London. SUBJECTS 1408 white men without a history o...

Psychological influences on cancer and ischaemic heart disease.

Long-term psychological stress and heart disease.

Sir—We were made aware of the interesting research conducted by Sibai et al. during our literature review. In their casecontrol study they investigated the relation of war stressors to coronary artery disease (CAD) as determined by coronary angiography and in their cohort study war exposures were studied with reference to CVD mortality. We find it difficult to compare their research with ours d...

BLOOD PRESSURE COMPONENTS AS PREDICTORS OF ISCHAEMIC HEART DISEASE MORTALITY IN THE WEST OF SCOTLAND

The relative importance of systolic blood pressure (SBP) versus diastolic blood pressure (DBP) in predicting the risk of ischaemic heart disease (IHD) mortality is controversial. We have re-examined SBP compared to D BP and other combinations of SBP and D BP in predicting the risk of IHD mortality in a long-term cohort study oflO,541 men and women in the West of Scotland. During a mean fo...

Metabolomics and ischaemic heart disease.

Ischaemic heart disease accounts for nearly half of the global cardiovascular disease burden. Aetiologies relating to heart disease are complex, but dyslipidaemia, oxidative stress and inflammation are cardinal features. Despite preventative measures and advancements in treatment regimens with lipid-lowering agents, the high prevalence of heart disease and the residual risk of recurrent events ...