Anger-related personality traits and carotid artery atherosclerosis in untreated hypertensive men

Psychosomatic Medicine
Maria E BleilStephen B Manuck

Abstract

To determine whether anger-related personality traits are associated with carotid artery atherosclerosis in untreated hypertensive patients. Study participants were 237 men with elevated blood pressure (systolic 140-180 mm Hg and/or diastolic 90-110 mm Hg) but untreated for hypertension. Average age was 56 years; 80% of subjects were white. Eighty-six percent had no history of antihypertensive treatment, and the remainder reported median lifetime treatment exposure of 4 months. Subjects were administered the Spielberger State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory, which measures tendencies to experience anger (Trait Anger) and modes of anger expression (Anger-In, Anger-Out, Anger-Control). Mean and maximum intima-medial thickness (IMT) and plaque occurrence in the extracranial carotid arteries were measured by B-mode ultrasonography. Trait Anger was marginally (p =.065) related to mean and significantly (p <.05) related to maximum IMT, independent of standard risk factors (age, race, body mass index, education, smoking, fasting glucose, total:high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio). A component of Trait Anger, Angry Temperament, similarly predicted mean (p =.062) and maximum IMT (p <.05) and plaque occurrence (p <.05). Anger-Out...Continue Reading

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