OBJECTIVE: To examine the relation of anger expression with blood pressure and @entity101 among Japanese. DESIGN: A cross-sectional study. METHODS: Subjects were 4374 @entity1 and @entity1 aged 30-74 years from rural and urban communities. Anger expression was estimated using the anger-out and anger-in scores of the Spielberger Anger Expression Scale. Multiple linear regression analyses were performed to estimate the associations of anger expression scores with blood pressure. Proportions of @entity101 among the tertiles of anger expression scores and the relative odds of @entity101 for low versus high tertiles of anger expression scales were calculated using logistic regression models. RESULTS: The anger-out score was inversely associated with systolic and diastolic blood pressure levels for @entity1 ; a four-point (one standard deviation) lower anger-out score was associated with 1.6 mmHg [95% confidence interval (CI), 0.6-2.6] greater systolic blood pressure and 0.6 mmHg (95% CI, -0.03 to 1.2) greater diastolic pressure after adjustment for age, body mass index, @entity167 intake, smoking category, and parental history of @entity101 . The adjusted relative odds of @entity101 for low versus high tertiles of anger-out was 1.60 (95% CI, 1.19-2.15). These inverse associations were more evident among @entity1 with low coping behavior than among those with high coping behavior. For @entity1 , the anger-out score was not associated with blood pressure. There was no relation between the anger-in score and either blood pressure or @entity101 in either @entity1 or @entity1 . CONCLUSIONS: This study suggests that Japanese @entity1 who do not express their anger, especially when they have low coping behavior, may have an increased risk of @entity101 .

The relation of anger expression with blood pressure levels and XXXX in rural and urban Japanese communities.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women', 'men'] @entity167 :: ('CHEBI:16236', 'Chemical') :: ['alcohol'] @entity101 :: ('MESH:D006973', 'Disease') :: ['hypertensives', 'high blood pressure', 'hypertension']
@entity101 :: (MESH:D006973,Disease) :: ['hypertension']
