"Ikigai", Subjective Wellbeing, as a Modifier of the Parity-Cardiovascular Mortality Association 　- The Japan Collaborative Cohort Study.

CONCLUSIONS: Nulliparous or high parity women without ikigai had higher mortality from stroke and/or total CVD, suggesting that ikigai attenuated the association between parity and CVD mortality in Japanese women.
PMID: 29618706 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Circulation Journal - April 3, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Yasukawa S, Eguchi E, Ogino K, Tamakoshi A, Iso H Tags: Circ J Source Type: research