焦虑对老年女性有好处？

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Anxiety Advantage for Elderly Women?
Anxious Elderly Women -- but Not Men -- May Live Longer, Study Shows
研究表明，老年女性（不是老年男性）适度焦虑可能会长寿

March 14, 2008 -- Anxiety could have a longevity perk late in life for women, but it could be risky for elderly men, a new study shows.
2008年3月14日－一个新的研究显示，适度焦虑可能会对老年女性有促进长寿的作用，不过对老年男性倒可能会有危险。

The study included 1,000 U.S. seniors (average age: 80) living at home. They completed annual surveys about their anxiety every year for 12 years.
这个研究对1000个呆在家里的美国老年人（平均年龄80岁）做了连续12年的调查，每年都了解一下他（她）们的焦虑状况。

Women with lower anxiety scores at the study's start had a higher death rate. They were 9% more likely to die during the study than women who had higher anxiety scores at the study's start.
这个研究发现，那些研究开始时焦虑分数较低的女性有相对较高的死亡率，与那些有较高焦虑分数的女性相比较，她们的死亡率要高9%。

\"Anxiety may have a protective effect on women, possibly causing them to seek medical attention more often than men,\" Jianping Zhang, MD, PhD, of the Cleveland Clinic's psychiatry and psychology department, says in a news release.
Cleveland的精神心理科的Jianping Zhang博士在新发布的一个新闻中说，“适度焦虑对女性可能产生一种保护性的效应，这可能会使得她们比男性更多的去临床医生那里寻求一些咨询和治疗”。

But the study doesn't show whether anxious women went to see their doctors more often than other people. And it also doesn't show whether the anxious women had anxiety disorders.
不过这个研究倒没有显示出是否这些焦虑的女性比其他人更多的去看过医生，也没有显示出是否这些焦虑的女性患有焦虑症。

Men were a different story. Their anxiety scores at the study's start weren't linked to their death rates.
男性的情况则完全不同，在这里研究中他们开始时的焦虑分数和他们的死亡率没有关系。

Men who became more anxious were more likely to die than those whose anxiety level stayed steady. \"Increasing anxiety over time is more detrimental to men,\" Zhang says.
变得更焦虑的那些男性比焦虑水平一直稳定的男性更容易死去，Zhang说，“随着时间变得更焦虑对男性是有害的”。

Becoming more anxious didn't affect women's death rate. What mattered was how anxious women were when the study began, not whether their anxiety level changed.
而变得更焦虑对女性的死亡率却没什么影响。对死亡率有影响的是当研究开始的时候那些女性有多焦虑，而不是她们的焦虑程度是否有变化。

The results held when the researchers considered participants' lifestyle and medical history.
考虑到研究人员已经将参加者的生活方式和病史考虑在内，该结果是可靠的。

The study was presented yesterday in Baltimore at the American Psychosomatic Society's annual meeting.
这个研究昨天在Baltimore召开的美国心理学会年会展示了他们的研究结果。