A prospective cohort study in Norway found that health anxiety was linked to a higher risk of ischemic heart disease (IHD). Incident IHD was studied by Cox proportional regression among 7052 participants. During 12 years follow-up, 6.1% of health anxiety cases developed IHD compared with 3.0% of non-cases, yielding a gender-adjusted hazard ratio of 2.12. After adjustments for established cardiovascular risk factors, about 70% increased risk of IHD was found among cases with health anxiety. The association followed a dose–response pattern. Anxiety disorders in general are associated with increased risk of IHD. Health anxiety is a type of anxiety characterized by preoccupation of having, acquiring or possibly avoiding illness. Source: http://bmjopen.bmj.com/
挪威的前瞻性群组研究发现，健康焦虑与较高的缺血性心脏病风险有关。 在7052名参与者中，通过Cox比例回归研究了缺血性心脏病的发生。 在12年的随访期间，6.1％的健康焦虑者发生了缺血性心脏病，而非健康焦虑者的发生率为3.0％，经性别校正的风险比为2.12。 经校正已确立的心血管危险因素，健康焦虑者发生了缺血性心脏病的风险增加约70％，且具量效关系。一般焦虑症与缺血性心脏病的风险增加有关。 健康焦虑是焦虑症的一种，其特点在于专注于罹患，获得或避免疾病的可能性。 来源：http://bmjopen.bmj.com/