Do Stress Trajectories Predict Mortality in Older Men? Longitudinal Findings from the VA Normative Aging Study
Joint Authors
Molitor, Nuoo-Ting
Levenson, Michael R.
Spiro, Avron
Aldwin, Carolyn M.
Molitor, John
Igarashi, Heidi
Source
Issue
Vol. 2011, Issue 2011 (31 Dec. 2011), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2011-09-27
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Pharmacy, Health & Medical Sciences
Abstract EN
We examined long-term patterns of stressful life events (SLE) and their impact on mortality contrasting two theoretical models: allostatic load (linear relationship) and hormesis (inverted U relationship) in 1443 NAS men (aged 41–87 in 1985; M = 60.30, SD = 7.3) with at least two reports of SLEs over 18 years (total observations = 7,634).
Using a zero-inflated Poisson growth mixture model, we identified four patterns of SLE trajectories, three showing linear decreases over time with low, medium, and high intercepts, respectively, and one an inverted U, peaking at age 70.
Repeating the analysis omitting two health-related SLEs yielded only the first three linear patterns.
Compared to the low-stress group, both the moderate and the high-stress groups showed excess mortality, controlling for demographics and health behavior habits, HRs = 1.42 and 1.37, ps <.01 and <.05.
The relationship between stress trajectories and mortality was complex and not easily explained by either theoretical model.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Aldwin, Carolyn M.& Molitor, Nuoo-Ting& Spiro, Avron& Levenson, Michael R.& Molitor, John& Igarashi, Heidi. 2011. Do Stress Trajectories Predict Mortality in Older Men? Longitudinal Findings from the VA Normative Aging Study. Journal of Aging Research،Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-10.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Aldwin, Carolyn M.…[et al.]. Do Stress Trajectories Predict Mortality in Older Men? Longitudinal Findings from the VA Normative Aging Study. Journal of Aging Research No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-10.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Aldwin, Carolyn M.& Molitor, Nuoo-Ting& Spiro, Avron& Levenson, Michael R.& Molitor, John& Igarashi, Heidi. Do Stress Trajectories Predict Mortality in Older Men? Longitudinal Findings from the VA Normative Aging Study. Journal of Aging Research. 2011. Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-506240
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-506240