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The Type A (Coronary‐Prone) Behavior Pattern, Aging, and Mortality
Author(s) -
SPARACINO JACK
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1979.tb06126.x
Subject(s) - medicine , type a and type b personality theory , coronary heart disease , coronary disease , gerontology , disease , demography , cardiology , sociology
Young and middle‐aged persons displaying the Type A (coronary‐prone) behavior pattern have been shown repeatedly to be at substantially increased risk of coronary heart disease. A review of recent empirical research regarding adaptability and survival among the elderly suggests the hypothesis that the clinical significance of Type A behavior may shift radically in old age. Thus, compared to Type B (not coronary‐prone) subjects, Type As may be at lesser rather than greater risk of impairment and death.