Type A behaviour: not specifically pathogenic?
Bass, C.; Wade, C.
Lancet 2(8308): 1147-1150
1982
ISSN/ISBN: 0140-6736 PMID: 6128461 Document Number: 187084
Patients (99) 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 behavior and coronary heart disease and question the value of the use of type A and coronary-prone behavior as interchangeable terms.