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## Objective: Coronary heart disease (chd) mortality is four times higher in 50-year-old lithuanian men than in 50-year-old swedish men. the difference cannot be explained by standard risk factors. the objective of this study was to examine differences in psychosocial risk factors for chd in the two countries. ## Methods: The livicordia study is a cross-sectional survey comparing 150 randomly selected 50-year-old men in each of the two cities: vilnius, lithuania, and linköping, sweden. as part of the study, a broad range of psychosocial characteristics, known to predict chd, were investigated. ## Results: In the men from vilnius compared with those from linköping, we found a cluster of psychosocial risk factors for chd; higher job strain (p <.01), lower social support at work, lower emotional support, and lower social integration (p values <.001). vilnius men also showed lower coping, self-esteem, and sense of coherence (p values < .001), higher vital exhaustion, and depression (p values < .001). quality of life and perceived health were lower and expectations of ill health within 5 to 10 years were higher in vilnius men (p values < .001). correlations between measurements on tradi

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Author

Margareta Kristenson; Zita Kucinskiene; Bjorn Bergdahl; Henrikas Calkauskas; Viktoras Urmonas; Kristina Orth-Gomer

Publisher

Lippincott Williams and Wilkins; Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer) - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Ltd.; Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (ISSN 0033-3174)

Published

1998

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)