PMID: 11914328Mar 27, 2002Paper

Psychological distress as a risk factor for coronary heart disease in the Whitehall II Study

International Journal of Epidemiology
S StansfeldM G Marmot

Abstract

Psychiatric disorder and psychological distress are increasingly recognized as risk factors for coronary heart disease (CHD). Elucidation of the mechanisms of these associations has implications for prevention. This study aims to confirm the association between psychological distress and CHD and examine if it could be explained by other factors such as health behaviours, social isolation and low control at work. A prospective occupational cohort study of London-based civil service employees (Whitehall II Study) with baseline data collected from 1985-1988 with a 5-year follow-up. The participants were male and female middle-aged civil servants working in 20 Government Departments; 73% of eligible employees attended baseline screening. Psychological distress measured by the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) at baseline was used to predict incidence of self-reported CHD and possible and probable electrocardiographic (ECG) abnormalities during follow-up. In men, baseline psychological distress was associated with an increased incidence of overall self-reported CHD (odds ratios [OR] = 1.83, 95% CI : 1.5-2.3) and ECG abnormalities (OR = 1.51, 95% CI : 1.1-2.1), after adjustment for age, employment grade and length of follow-up. In w...Continue Reading

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