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Increased levels of well-being are associated with decreased CVD risk, hypertension and dyslipidemia, as well as improved age-related vascular function, ...

“Additional research, particularly longitudinal designs, will be useful in better understanding associations between well-being and CVD, including ways that improving well-being may provide protective or mediating effects.” “The present findings extend this concept by showing that assessments that capture both the hedonistic and eudemonic aspects of psychological well-being are robustly associated with not just future CVD risk and CVD outcomes but also with certain contemporaneous CVD risk factors.” “Our findings are consistent with previous work showing that positive psychological states are associated with lower CVD risk and mortality,” Alison C. Higher well-being scores were also associated with lower total cholesterol to HDL ratio (mean difference, –3.92; 95% CI, –6.07 to –1.73; P < .001), higher HDL (mean difference, 1.6 mg/dL; 95% CI, 0.46-2.75), lower Framingham Risk Scores (mean difference, –7.08%; 95% CI, –10.84 to –3.16) and lower levels of age-related Researchers found a negative association between WEMWBS well-being scores and levels of dyslipidemia (OR = 0.68; 95% CI, 0.55-0.85), hypertension (OR = 0.76; 95% CI, 0.63-0.92), triglycerides (mean difference, –7.55; 95% CI, –14.31 to –0.78; P < .029) and VLDL (mean difference, –0.93; 95% CI, –1.71 to –0.16; P < .018). For the cross-sectional HEAL study, McLeish and colleagues evaluated 719 adults aged 25 to 70 years (mean age, 49.5 years; 61% women; 77% white) in a middle- to low-income neighborhood in Louisville, Kentucky, to observe the association between psychological well-being and CVD risk factors.