Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a chronic disorder developing insidiously
throughout life and usually progressing to an advanced stage by the time symptoms occur. It …

Many of the leading causes of death and disability in the United States and other countries
are associated with socioeconomic position. The least well-off suffer a disproportionate …

The association between socioeconomic status (SES) and physical health is robust. Yet, the
psychosocial mediators of SES‐health association have been studied in relatively few …

Empirical studies on job strain and cardiovascular disease (CVD), their internal validity, and
the likely direction of biases were examined. The 17 longitudinal studies had the highest …

Objective: The increased morbidity and mortality associated with depression is substantial.
In this paper, we review evidence suggesting that depression contributes to disease and …

ContextPsychosocial stress has been associated with incidence of coronary heart disease
(CHD) in men, but the prognostic impact of such stress rarely has been studied in women …

Background Studies of socioeconomic disparities in patterns of cause of death have been
limited to single countries, middle-aged people, men, or broad cause of death groups. We …

We previously reported that psychological stress is linked to and possibly accelerates
cellular aging, as reflected by lower PBMC telomerase and shortened telomeres …

The authors examined the associations of social support with socioeconomic status (SES)
and with mortality, as well as how SES differences in social support might account for SES …

More than six decades of empirical research have shown that psychosocial risk factors like
low socio-economic status, lack of social support, stress at work and family life, depression …