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Type A behaviour: not specifically pathogenic?

C Bass·C Wade
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99 patients who underwent coronary arteriography for the investigation of chest pain were interviewed by the use of the Bortner type A questionnaire. The 26 men with normal and minimally diseased arteries had significantly higher mean type A scores than the 41 men with important coronary occlusions. Socioeconomic class had a large influence on the type A score in men, but not in women. There was no significant association between type A score and the extent of coronary disease. These findings do not support a specific association between type A behaviour and coronary heart disease. They also question the value of the use of type A and coronary-prone behaviour as interchangeable terms.

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C Bass, C Wade. 1982-11-20. Type A behaviour: not specifically pathogenic?. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(82)92798-2

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