Hostility and Urine Norepinephrine Interact to Predict Insulin Resistance: The VA Normative Aging Study
Jianping Zhang, MD, PhD,
Raymond Niaura, PhD,
Joshua R. Dyer, MS,
Biing-Jiun Shen, PhD,
John F. Todaro, PhD,
Jeanne M. McCaffery, PhD,
Avron Spiro, III, PhD and
Kenneth D. Ward, PhD
From the Department of Psychology, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), Indianapolis, Indiana (J.Z., J.R.D.); The Butler Hospital and Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island (R.N.); the Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Miami, Florida (B.-J.S.); Centers for Behavioral & Preventive Medicine, The Miriam Hospital and Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island (J.F.T., J.M.M.); Boston University School of Public Health and Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology Research and Information Center (MAVERIC), VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts (A.S.); and the Department of Health & Sport Sciences, and Center for Community Health, University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee (K.D.W.).

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Figure 1. A plot of simple regression slopes used to interpret the hostility x norepinephrine interaction on homeostatic model assessment approach (z-score).
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Figure 2. A plot of simple regression slopes used to interpret the hostility x norepinephrine interaction on postchallenge insulin (z-score).
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