Patterns of Change in Hostility from College to Midlife in the UNC Alumni Heart Study Predict High-Risk Status
Ilene C. Siegler, PhD, MPH,
Paul T. Costa, PhD,
Beverly H. Brummett, PhD,
Michael J. Helms, BS,
John C. Barefoot, PhD,
Redford B. Williams, MD,
W. Grant Dahlstrom, PhD,
Berton H. Kaplan, PhD,
Peter P. Vitaliano, PhD,
Milton Z. Nichaman, MD, ScD,
R. Sue Day, PhD and
Barbara K. Rimer, DrPh
From the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Behavioral Medicine Research Center, Duke University Medical Center (I.C.S., J.C.B., B.H.B., M.J.H., R.B.W.), Durham, NC; Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (W.G.D.), Chapel Hill, NC; Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.H.K.), Chapel Hill, NC; Laboratory of Personality and Cognition, Intramural Research Program, Gerontology Research Center, National Institute on Aging (P.T.C.), Baltimore, MD; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington (P.P.V.), Seattle, WA; Chevy Chase, MD (M.Z.N.); Human Nutrition Center, University of Texas-Houston School of Public Health (R.S.D.), Houston, TX; Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health and Lineberger Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.K.R.), Chapel Hill, NC.

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Fig. 1. Odds of Perceptions of inadequate social support at age 43 by change in hostility from college to midlife by levels of college hostility.
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Fig. 2. Odds of Risk for Depression at age 47 by change in hostility from college to midlife by level of college hostility.
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