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Type A Behavior and atherosclerosis?


How are these related? Can anyone provide a detailed explanation...?

Interesting question.

Type "As" tend to drink or smoke more, engage in higher risk behavior (such as putting butter on your bread) and generally are stressed out all the time?

I think stress increases cholesterol and probably increases plaque too, makes sense.

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