A red face and strained neck is having the effect you might imagine.
Research shows that angry people are more likely to have heart disease or suffer a stroke.
Researchers from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) in Baltimore, a division of the National Institutes of Health, found that people who are angry and aggressive showed a greater thickness of the carotid arteries in the neck, a key risk factor for heart attack or stroke, compared with people who were more easygoing.
Personality matters.
People considered the least agreeable and the most antagonistic had a 40% increased risk for arterial wall thickening.
The researchers write that “when the Type A behavioral pattern was dissected into its constituent parts, hostility emerged as the dominant predictor of coronary artery disease.” Their latest findings uphold the connection between aggressive behavior and heart health.
It applies to men and women, young and old.
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