Optimism and Mortality in Older Men and Women: The Rancho Bernardo Study

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(a) Unadjusted comparisons of overall and cause-specific mortality⁺ by quartile of total LOT-R; Rancho Bernardo, CA, 1999–2012 (). Reference: all-cause mortality, when Q1 compared to Q4; cancer mortality, when Q1 compared to Q4; CHD mortality, when Q1 compared to Q4; ⁺all-cause, cancer, CVD, and CHD mortality are present among those who died. (b) Unadjusted comparisons of overall and cause-specific mortality⁺ by tertile of optimism subscale score; Rancho Bernardo, CA, 1999–2012 (). Reference: cancer mortality, when T1 compared to T3; CHD mortality, when T1 compared to T3. (c) Unadjusted comparisons of overall and cause-specific mortality⁺ by tertile of pessimism subscale score; Rancho Bernardo, CA, 1999–2012 (). Reference: all-cause mortality, when T1 compared to T3.

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