Key result
Higher type A behavior links to lower mortality in type 1 diabetes with low depressive symptoms.
Why the study?
It was uncertain whether type A behavior predicts all-cause mortality and incident coronary artery disease in a type 1 diabetic population.
Does higher type A behavior reduce all-cause mortality and incident CAD in patients with type 1 diabetes?
Population
506 participants with childhood-onset type 1 diabetes from the Pittsburgh EDC study
Comparison
Higher type A behavior vs lower type A behavior
Design
Prospective cohort study
Follow-up
22 years
Authors
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Higher type A behavior was associated with lower mortality only at low depression levels; leaves open screening or intervention value in type 1 diabetes.
Cohort (n=506)
Does higher type A behavior reduce all-cause mortality and incident CAD in patients with type 1 diabetes?
p-value: p=0.03
Higher type A behavior is associated with lower all-cause mortality in type 1 diabetes, but this protective effect is limited to individuals with lower depressive symptomatology.
Fickley et al. (2013) conducted a cohort in Type 1 diabetes (n=506). Type A behavior vs. Lower Type A behavior was evaluated on All-cause mortality (p=0.03). Higher type A behavior was associated with lower all-cause mortality in type 1 diabetes (P=0.03), an effect that was only operative in those with low depressive symptomatology.
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