Citalopram improves metabolic risk factors among high hostile adults: Results of a placebo-controlled intervention.

Authors

Thomas W. Karmarck, University of Pittsburgh - Main CampusFollow
Matthew F. Muldoon, University of Pittsburgh - Main Campus
Stephen B. Manuck, University of Pittsburgh - Main Campus
Roger F. Haskett, University of Pittsburgh - Main Campus
JeeWon Cheong, University of Pittsburgh - Main Campus
Janine D. Flory, City University of New York, Queens College
Elizabeth Vella, University of Southern MaineFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

8-2011

Publication Title

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Keywords

Citalopram, Metabolic risk factors, cardiovascular diseases, hostile adults, USM

Abstract

Hostility is associated with a number of metabolic risk factors for cardiovascular disease, including waist—hip ratio, glucose, and triglycerides. Along with hostility, many of these measures have also been shown to be associated with reduced central serotonergic function. We have previously reported that a citalopram intervention was successful in reducing hostility by self-report assessment (Kamarck et al., 2009). Here we examine the effects of this serotonergic intervention on metabolic risk factors in the same sample.

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Final Version of this article may be found:

http://www.journals.elsevier.com/psychoneuroendocrinology/

doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2011.01.005

Recommended Citation

Kamarck, T. W., Muldoon, M. F., Manuck, S. B., Haskett, R. F., Cheong, J., Flory, J. D., & Vella, E. (2011). Citalopram improves metabolic risk factors among high hostile adults: Results of a placebo-controlled intervention. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 36(7), 1070-1079.