Positive emotions and favorable cardiovascular health: A 20-year longitudinal study.

ABSTRACT: No studies have examined whether positive emotions lead to favorable cardiovascular health (CVH) early in the lifespan, before cardiovascular disease is diagnosed. Moreover, the direction of the association has not been thoroughly investigated. Among younger adults, we investigated whether baseline positive emotions were associated with better CVH over 20 years. We also considered whether baseline CVH was associated with subsequent positive emotions during the same period. Participants included 4196 Black and White men and women from the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Study. Positive emotions and cardiovascular-related parameters were each assessed in 1990 (this study's baseline), with repeated assessment through 2010. CVH was defined by blood pressure, lipids, body mass

SUBMITTER: Boehm JK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7246158 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature