Rosalba Hernandez1, Kiarri N Kershaw2, Juned Siddique2, Julia K Boehm3, Laura D Kubzansky4, Ana Diez-Roux5, Hongyan Ning2, Donald M Lloyd-Jones2. 1. School of Social Work, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL. 2. Dept of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL. 3. Dept of Psychology, Chapman University, Orange, CA. 4. Dept of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA. 5. School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: We examined the cross-sectional association between optimism and cardiovascular health (CVH). METHODS: We used data collected from adults aged 52-84 who participated in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) (n=5,134) during the first follow-up visit (2002-2004). Multinomial logistic regression was used to examine associations of optimism with ideal and intermediate CVH (with reference being poor CVH), after adjusting for socio-demographic factors and psychological ill-being. RESULTS: Participants in the highest quartile of optimism were more likely to have intermediate [OR=1.51:95%CI=1.25,1.82] and ideal [OR=1.92:95%CI=1.30,2.85] CVH when compared to the least optimistic group. Individual CVH metrics of diet, physical activity, BMI, smoking, blood sugar and total cholesterol contributed to the overall association. CONCLUSIONS: We offer evidence for a cross-sectional association between optimism and CVH.
OBJECTIVES: We examined the cross-sectional association between optimism and cardiovascular health (CVH). METHODS: We used data collected from adults aged 52-84 who participated in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) (n=5,134) during the first follow-up visit (2002-2004). Multinomial logistic regression was used to examine associations of optimism with ideal and intermediate CVH (with reference being poor CVH), after adjusting for socio-demographic factors and psychological ill-being. RESULTS: Participants in the highest quartile of optimism were more likely to have intermediate [OR=1.51:95%CI=1.25,1.82] and ideal [OR=1.92:95%CI=1.30,2.85] CVH when compared to the least optimistic group. Individual CVH metrics of diet, physical activity, BMI, smoking, blood sugar and total cholesterol contributed to the overall association. CONCLUSIONS: We offer evidence for a cross-sectional association between optimism and CVH.
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