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Psychosocial Factors and Inflammation in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

Author(s) -

Nalini Ranjit

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

archives of internal medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1538-3679

pISSN - 0003-9926

DOI - 10.1001/archinte.167.2.174

Subject(s) - psychosocial , c reactive protein , body mass index , medicine , diabetes mellitus , depression (economics) , disease , demography , gerontology , endocrinology , inflammation , psychiatry , sociology , economics , macroeconomics

Psychosocial factors are associated with the development and progress of cardiovascular disease, but the pathological mechanisms remain unclear. We examined the associations of psychosocial risk factors for cardiovascular disease with concentrations of inflammatory markers among healthy adults and assessed the extent to which these associations are mediated by behaviors, body mass index (BMI), and diabetes mellitus.

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