Why the study?
Does Type A behavior pattern reduce impairment and death in elderly individuals compared to Type B behavior?
Does Type A behavior pattern reduce impairment and death in elderly individuals compared to Type B behavior?
This review proposes the hypothesis that the clinical significance of Type A behavior may shift in old age, potentially becoming protective against impairment and death.
Should not yet change practice for Type A behavior in older adults; hypothesis-generating for a potential protective shift with age.
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.
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Jack Sparacino (1979) studied this question.
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