Why the study?
Do hostile behaviors predict cardiovascular mortality among high-risk men?
Do hostile behaviors predict cardiovascular mortality among high-risk men?
Hostility is identified as a potential risk factor for cardiovascular mortality in high-risk men, suggesting a potential benefit for anger management and stress reduction interventions.
Should not yet change practice; leaves open whether hostility is a modifiable CVD risk factor in high-risk men.
Hostility may be a risk factor for CVD mortality among high-risk men. Interventions aimed at anger management and stress reduction along with risk factor modification may be useful for hostile patients.
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Matthews et al. (2003) studied this question.
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