@article {Hernandez:2015:2326-4403:62,
title = "Optimism and Cardiovascular Health: Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)",
journal = "Health Behavior and Policy Review",
parent_itemid = "infobike://psp/hbpr",
publishercode ="psp",
year = "2015",
volume = "2",
number = "1",
publication date ="2015-01-01T00:00:00",
pages = "62-73",
itemtype = "ARTICLE",
issn = "2326-4403",
eissn = "2326-4403",
url = "https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/psp/hbpr/2015/00000002/00000001/art00006",
doi = "doi:10.14485/HBPR.2.1.6",
keyword = "OPTIMISM, WELL-BEING, CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH",
author = "Hernandez, Rosalba and Kershaw, Kiarri N. and Siddique, Juned and Boehm, Julia K. and Kubzansky, Laura D. and Diez-Roux, Ana and Ning, Hongyan and Lloyd-Jones, Donald M.",
abstract = "Objectives: We examined the 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 = 5134) 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, body mass index, smoking, blood sugar, and total cholesterol contributed to the overall association. Conclusions:
We offer evidence for a cross-sectional association between optimism and CVH.",
}