Hostile Personality Traits and Coronary Artery Calcification in Middle-Aged and Older Married Couples: Different Effects for Self-Reports Versus Spouse Ratings
Timothy W. Smith, PhD,
Bert N. Uchino, PhD,
Cynthia A. Berg, PhD,
Paul Florsheim, PhD,
Gale Pearce, PhD,
Melissa Hawkins, PhD,
Paul N. Hopkins, MD, MSPH and
Hyo-Chun Yoon, MD, PhD
From the Department of Psychology (T.W.S., B.N.U., C.A.B., P.F., G.P., M.H.) and the Department of Internal Medicine (P.N.H.), University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah; Department of Radiology (H.-C.Y.), Kaiser Moanalua Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii.

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Figure 1. Association of spouse ratings of angry hostility with log-transformed CAC scores in middle-aged and older participants.
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Figure 2. Association of spouse ratings of antagonism with log-transformed CAC scores in middle-aged and older participants.
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