title: Relationship between Type A personality and coronary heart disease. Analysis of five cohort studies.
abstract: Five prospective cohort studies were compared in order to evaluate the relationship between type A personality (aggressive behavior) and coronary heart disease (CHD). The Western Collaborative Group Study (WCGS) demonstrated increased risk for CHD in males with type A personality. A follow-up study revealed a greater incidence of second myocardial infarction. The Framingham study showed higher rates of CHD in type A men and women. Two studies, MRFIT and a third evaluation of the WCGS, revealed no relationship between type A personality and CHD and mortality due to CHD. Because the studies disagree in the relationship between type A personality and CHD, it is impossible to conclude that type A personality is a risk for CHD.
authors.affiliation: University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville.
authors.forename: F C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Schwalbe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D014434:Type A Personality