Impulsivity as a predictor of newly-diagnosed peptic ulcer disease: a prospective cohort study

Niklas Granö, Sampsa Puttonen, Marko Elovainio, Marianna Virtanen, Ari Väänänen, Jussi Vahtera, Liisa Keltikangas-Järvinen, Mika Kivimäki

    Tutkimustuotos: ArtikkelijulkaisuArtikkeliTieteellinenvertaisarvioitu

    Abstrakti

    We examined the role of impulsivity in the development of peptic ulcer disease (PUD). The subjects were initially healthy 4636 hospital employees aged 19-62 who responded to a questionnaire on personality, health habits, mental health, and PUD in 1998 and 2000. We used multivariate logistic analyses to determine the relationship between impulsivity and newly-diagnosed PUD among those employees who did not have PUD at baseline. Impulsivity was assessed with the Karolinska Scale of Personality. High level of impulsivity was associated with increased 2-year incidence of doctor-diagnosed PUD after adjustment of age, gender, education and shift work (odds ratio = 2.42, 95% confidence interval = 1.21-4.82). Additional adjustment for the effects of smoking, alcohol consumption, BMI, physical activity, minor psychiatric morbidity and diagnosed depression and other psychiatric disease had little effect on this relationship. The present study suggests that impulsivity may be a risk factor for the development of PUD. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
    Alkuperäiskielienglanti
    LehtiPersonality and Individual Differences
    Vuosikerta41
    Numero8
    Sivut1539-1550
    Sivumäärä12
    ISSN0191-8869
    DOI - pysyväislinkit
    TilaJulkaistu - 2006
    OKM-julkaisutyyppiA1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä, vertaisarvioitu

    Tieteenalat

    • 515 Psykologia

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