Background: Little is known about psychological risk factors in cerebrovascular disease. We
examined the association between psychological distress and risk of death due to …

Background The interplay between mental and physical health remains poorly understood.
We investigated whether psychological distress is associated with risk of myocardial …

In this issue, May et al report that psychological distress is a predictor of fatal ischemic
stroke. What is “psychological distress”? It is a nonspecific term that encompasses sadness …

Objectives Examine the little-tested relation of psychological distress with peripheral
vascular disease, abdominal aortic aneurysm, and heart failure. Methods Pooling of raw …

Objectives: This study sought to estimate the extent to which behavioral and
pathophysiological risk factors account for the association between psychological distress …

Aims The objective of this study was to examine the burden of psychological distress among
individuals with different forms of heart disease in a large representative sample of adults …

Background Higher symptom levels of a variety of measures of emotional distress have
been associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD), especially among women. Here, our …

BACKGROUND: Psychological distress has been associated with an increased risk of
overall and disease-specific mortality risk. This study examines whether the length of follow …

Background The purpose of this study was to test whether lower socioeconomic status (SES)
augments the effect of psychological distress on mortality from stroke or coronary heart …

Background Ischaemic heart disease (IHD) incidence is elevated in people reporting
psychological distress. The extent to which this relationship is causal or related to reverse …