Type A Behaviour Pattern and Hypercholesterolemia in Elder Patients.

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  • Shizuka Kazuhiko
    Department of Medical Engineering and Cardiology, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University
  • Yambe Tomoyuki
    Department of Medical Engineering and Cardiology, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University
  • Fukudo Shin
    Department of Behavioral Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine
  • Nitta Shin-ichi
    Department of Medical Engineering and Cardiology, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University

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  • 高齢者における高コレステロール血症とタイプＡ行動パターンの検討
  • コウレイシャ ニ オケル コウコレステロール ケツショウ ト タイプ A コウドウ パターン ノ ケントウ

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Abstract

To examine the relationship between type A behavior pattern and hypercholesterolemia, we recruited 109 primary hypercholesterolemic patients without treatment for hyperlipidemia (30 males and 79 females) and then classified them according to Maeda's questionnaire into two groups; type A group (16 males and 35 females, aged 73.1±8.7) and type B group (14 males and 44 females, aged 71.3±8.7). We studied serum total cholesterol, serum triglyceride and BMI. Serum total cholesterol was shown significantly higher in type A group than that in type B (233.0±22.8 vs 223.9±14.2 p<0.01) and BMI lower (24.0±3.9 vs 25.4±3.9 p<0.05), however, there was no significant difference in serum triglyceride between two groups (148.9±8.2 vs 134.0±48.8). Although there was no significant difference in BMI, serum total cholesterol was significantly higher in the women's group and in the 60s. This study suggests that type A behavior pattern is related to lipid metabolism, however we should take gender and age into consideration to study the relationship between type A behavior pattern and lipid metabolism.

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