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Personality, Socio-Economic Status and Inflammation: Cross-Sectional, Population-Based Study

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Millar, Keith, Lloyd, Suzanne M., McLean, Jennifer S., Batty, G. David, Burns, Harry, Cavanagh, Jonathan, Deans, Kevin A., Ford, Ian +8 more·2013·PLoS ONE

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BACKGROUND: Associations between socio-economic status (SES), personality and inflammation were examined to determine whether low SES subjects scoring high on neuroticism or hostility might suffer relatively higher levels of inflammation than affluent subjects. METHODS: In a cross-sectional design, 666 subjects were recruited from areas of high (most deprived - "MD") and low (least deprived - "LD") deprivation. IL-6, ICAM-1, CRP and fibrinogen were measured along with demographic and health-behaviour variables, and personality traits of neuroticism, extraversion and psychoticism (hostility). Regression models assessed the prediction of inflammation as a function of personality, deprivation and their interaction. RESULTS: Levels of CRP and IL-6 were an increasing function of neuroticism and extraversion only in LD subjects opposite trends were seen in MD subjects. The result was ascribed parsimoniously to an inflammatory ceiling effect or, more speculatively, to SES-related health-behaviour differences. Psychoticism was strongly associated with ICAM-1 in both MD and LD subjects. CONCLUSIONS: The association between neuroticism, CRP and IL-6 may be reduced in MD subjects confirming speculation that the association differs across population sub-groups. The association between psychoticism and ICAM-1 supports evidence that hostility has adverse effects upon the endothelium, with consequences for cardiovascular health. Health interventions may be more effective by accounting for personality-related effects upon biological processes.

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Millar, K., Lloyd, S. M., McLean, J. S., Batty, G. D., Burns, H., Cavanagh, J., Deans, K. A., Ford, I., McConnachie, A., McGinty, A., Mõttus, R., Packard, C. J., Sattar, N., Shiels, P. G., Velupillai, Y. N., & Tannahill, C.
Affiliations
  • University of Glasgow (GB)
  • Glasgow Centre for Population Health (GB)
  • MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit (GB)
  • Scottish Government (GB)
  • NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (GB)
  • Western Infirmary (GB)
  • University of Limerick (IE)
Corresponding author
McLean, Jennifer S.
Venue
PLoS ONE
Published
2013-03-13
Volume
8
Issue
3
Pages
e58256
ISSN
1932-6203 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1982481186
Cited by
47
References
45
Citations by year
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FWCI
6.45
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • PLoS ONE (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Arrow@dit (Dublin Institute of Technology) (acceptedVersion)
  • ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam) (acceptedVersion)
  • University of Limerick Institutional Repository (University of Limerick) (acceptedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
  • UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
  • Edinburgh Research Explorer (University of Edinburgh) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • University of Limerick Institutional Repository (University of Limerick) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
  • University of Limerick Institutional Repository (University of Limerick)
Funders
  • Scottish Government
  • Glasgow Centre for Population Health
  • University of Glasgow
  • Medical Research Council (MR/K026992/1)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Health › Health disparities and outcomes
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Biological Psychiatry › Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
Keywords
socioeconomic status, personality, neuroticism, hostility, psychoticism, extraversion, inflammation, C-reactive protein, interleukin-6, ICAM-1, fibrinogen, neighborhood disadvantage, health behavior, cardiovascular health, endothelium
MeSH terms
Adult, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Humans, Inflammation, Male, Middle Aged, Personality, Population Surveillance, Social Class, Biomarkers, Health Behavior, Inflammation Mediators, Quantitative Trait, Heritable

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