Hirokawa Kumi, Nagata Chisato, Takatsuka Naoyoshi, Shimizu Hiroyuki
Department of Public Health, Gifu University, School of Medicine, 40 Tsukasa-machi, Gifu 500-8705, Japan.
J Psychosom Res. 2004 Jan;56(1):103-11. doi: 10.1016/S0022-3999(03)00046-1.
Grossarth-Maticek et al. reported that an individual's level on a rationality/antiemotionality (R/A) personality was strongly predictive of cancer, ischemic heart disease and stroke mortality. To investigate the relationships of an individual's level on the R/A personality to cancer and cardiovascular disease mortality in Japan, we conducted a population-based cohort study.
A self-administered questionnaire was distributed to 36990 Japanese residents in September 1992. The response rate was 90.3%. Data from 13226 males and 14880 females were analyzed. Dates and causes of death through December 31, 1999 were obtained for deceased participants.
The results from multivariate hazard ratios (HRs) revealed that males scoring in the middle level compared to those scoring in the lower level of the R/A personality scale decreased their risk of death from cancer and cardiovascular diseases after controlling for covariates.
The level on the R/A personality scale may affect mortality from cancer and cardiovascular diseases differently in Japan.
格罗斯阿尔特-马蒂采克等人报告称,个体的理性/反情绪化(R/A)人格水平能有力预测癌症、缺血性心脏病和中风死亡率。为了研究日本个体的R/A人格水平与癌症及心血管疾病死亡率之间的关系,我们开展了一项基于人群的队列研究。
1992年9月,我们向36990名日本居民发放了自填式问卷。回复率为90.3%。对13226名男性和14880名女性的数据进行了分析。获取了已故参与者截至1999年12月31日的死亡日期和死因。
多变量风险比(HRs)结果显示,在控制协变量后,R/A人格量表得分处于中等水平的男性与得分处于较低水平的男性相比,其死于癌症和心血管疾病的风险降低。
在日本,R/A人格量表水平可能对癌症和心血管疾病死亡率产生不同影响。