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Anxiety Characteristics Independently and Prospectively Predict Myocardial Infarction in Men

The Unique Contribution of Anxiety Among Psychologic Factors

Biing-Jiun Shen, PhD^_*,_*, Yael E. Avivi, MS, John F. Todaro, PhD, Avron Spiro, III, PhD, Jean-Philippe Laurenceau, PhD^||, Kenneth D. Ward, PhD^# and Raymond Niaura, PhD^¶

^_* Department of Psychology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
Brown Medical School and Miriam Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island
Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology Research and Information Center, Boston Veterans Administration Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts
^|| Department of Psychology, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware
^# University of Memphis Center for Community Health, Memphis, Tennessee
^¶ Brown Medical School and Butler Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island.

View larger version (38K): [in this window] [in a new window] [Download PPT slide]   Figure 1 Number of MI Incidents at Different Anxiety Levels Figure shows number of myocardial infarction (MI) incidents among participants in each anxiety quartile (chi-square = 9.21; degrees of freedom = 3; p < 0.05).