Optimism, pessimism, cynical hostility, and biomarkers of metabolic function in the Women's Health Initiative.
Hilary A TindleMeredith S DuncanSimin LiuLewis H KullerNancy Fugate WoodsSteve R RappCandyce H KroenkeMace CodayEric B LoucksMichael J LamonteAna M ProgovacElena Salmoirago-BlotcherBrian T WalittNai-Chieh Y YuoMatthew S FreibergPublished in: Journal of diabetes (2017)
In multivariable models, higher dispositional pessimism was associated with worse metabolic function; these findings were not modified by obesity status. Results extend prior work by linking pessimism to an objective biomarker of insulin resistance in elderly women.