Hostility, CHD Incidence, and Total Mortality: A 25-Year Follow-Up Study of 255 Physicians

1 March 1983

journal article
Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Psychosomatic Medicine

Vol. 45 (1) , 59-63
https://doi.org/10.1097/00006842-198303000-00008

Abstract

High levels of hostility as assessed by a MMPI scale (Ho) have been found associated with increased levels of arteriographically documented coronary atherosclerosis. In this study we examined the relationship between hostility and subsequent health status in a 25-year follow-up of 255 medical students who completed the MMPI while in medical school. High Ho scores were found to be predictive of both clinical coronary disease incidence and total mortality.

Keywords

TOTAL MORTALITY
HOSTILITY
SCORES
ATHEROSCLEROSIS
PHYSICIANS
DOCUMENTED
CHD
ARTERIOGRAPHICALLY
YEAR FOLLOW

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