ArticleBMJ open2022
Purpose in life (
Article in BMJ open, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
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4 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.
- Correlates of Purpose in Life and Their Potential Role in Successful Aging Among Older Adults in Rural Japan.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2025Article
- Meaning in life and all-cause and cause-specific mortality in the UK Biobank.Journal of psychosomatic research · 2025Article
- Relationship between Ikigai and longitudinal changes in serum HDL cholesterol levels: the Circulatory Risk in Communities Study (CIRCS).Lipids in health and disease · 2024Article
- Impact of subjective well-being on physical frailty in middle-aged and elderly Japanese with high social isolation.PloS one · 2024Article
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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
objectivesTo investigate whether having a purpose in life (
designProspective cohort study.
settingResidents in 45 municipalities, Japan.
participants29 517 men and 41 984 women aged 40-79 years, free of CVD and cancer at baseline from 1988 to 1990. PRIMARY OUTCOME MEASURES: CVD mortality.
resultsDuring the median follow-up of 19.1 years, 4680 deaths (2393 men and 2287 women) from total CVD were observed. Greater
conclusionHigher levels of
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