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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2015

Fear and C-reactive protein cosynergize annual pulse increases in healthy adults.

Shani Shenhar-Tsarfaty, Nadav Yayon, Nir Waiskopf, Itzhak Shapira, Sharon Toker, David Zaltser, Shlomo Berliner, Ya'acov Ritov, Hermona Soreq

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 43 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Shani Shenhar-TsarfatyThe Edmond and Lily Safra Center of Brain Science and the Department of Biological Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel;
Nadav YayonThe Edmond and Lily Safra Center of Brain Science and the Department of Biological Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel;
Nir WaiskopfThe Edmond and Lily Safra Center of Brain Science and the Department of Biological Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel;
Itzhak ShapiraDepartment of Internal Medicine "D&E," Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv 6423906, Israel;
Sharon TokerFaculty of Management, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel; and.
David ZaltserDepartment of Internal Medicine "D&E," Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv 6423906, Israel;
Shlomo BerlinerDepartment of Internal Medicine "D&E," Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv 6423906, Israel;
Ya'acov RitovDepartment of Statistics and the Center for Rationality, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel.
Hermona SoreqThe Edmond and Lily Safra Center of Brain Science and the Department of Biological Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel; soreq@cc.huji.ac.il.
Hebrew University of Jerusalem · ILTel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center · ILTel Aviv University · IL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent international terror outbreaks notably involve long-term mental health risks to the exposed population, but whether physical health risks are also anticipated has remained unknown. Here, we report fear of terror-induced annual increases in resting heart rate (pulse), a notable risk factor of all-cause mortality. Partial least squares analysis based on 325 measured parameters successfully predicted annual pulse increases, inverse to the expected age-related pulse decline, in approximately 4.1% of a cohort of 17,380 apparently healthy active Israeli adults. Nonbiased hierarchical regression analysis among 27 of those parameters identified pertinent fear of terror combined with the inflammatory biomarker C-reactive protein as prominent coregulators of the observed annual pulse increases. In comparison, basal pulse primarily depended on general physiological parameters and reduced cholinergic control over anxiety and inflammation, together indicating that consistent exposure to terror threats ignites fear-induced exacerbation of preexisting neuro-immune risks of all-cause mortality.

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FearAdultC-Reactive ProteinHeart RateHumansInflammationC-Reactive Proteinacetylcholinesterasecholinergic statusC-reactive proteinpulseterror

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PMID25535364
PMCPMC4321278
OpenAlexW2044657679

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