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New study finds pessimistic patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) have a significantly greater risk of dying from their disease.

BMC Public Health reports pessimists are twice as likely to die from CHD.

“Interestingly, the level of optimism does not protect against death from CHD.. It is enough just not to perceive the situation in black, ”says Dr. Mikko Pankalainen, author of the study, staff member of the Paijat-Hame Central Hospital in Finland..

Coronary heart disease is one of the most common cardiac diseases in the world.

In the United States alone, KBS claims more than 370,000 lives annually.

With CHD, there is a gradual blockage of the arteries of the heart with cholesterol deposits.. As the myocardium progresses, oxygen supply to the myocardium deteriorates, the muscle weakens, blood circulation and exercise tolerance are impaired.

Experts have previously warned that pessimism negatively affects the health of the cardiovascular system..

Dr. Pankalainen and his colleagues decided to test whether pessimism is an independent risk factor in CHD..

Their analysis included data from 2,267 men and women from the Finnish national project Good Aging in Lahti region (GOAL).. At the start of the study in 2002, participants were between 52 and 76 years old and followed up for 11 years..

The level of pessimism-optimism was assessed using the standard Life Orientation Test (LOT-R).

During follow-up, 121 participants died from coronary heart disease.

Subjects from the upper quartile (quarter) in terms of pessimism died from CHD 2.2 times more often than participants from the lower quartile. To the surprise of the authors themselves, the level of optimism had no effect on mortality..

“Although the study was observational and cannot prove a causal relationship between pessimism and high mortality from CHD, this trait should be considered a possible risk factor.. The level of pessimism is easy to measure, and when combined with other information (smoking, diabetes, hypertension), it is a valuable tool for assessing risk, ”Pankalainen said in a statement..

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