2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Relationship between Pulse Wave Velocity and Type A Behavior Pattern in Patients with Lifestyle-related Disease
| Project/Area Number |
20790477
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
General internal medicine (including Psychosomatic medicine)
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| Research Institution | Sendai Shirayuri Women's College |
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Principal Investigator |
TAYAMA Jun Sendai Shirayuri Women's College, 保健・医療推進センター, 准教授 (10468324)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2009
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| Keywords | 動脈硬化 / タイプA行動パターン |
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| Research Abstract |
We investigated the influence of type A behavior pattern (TABP) in men and women with arteriosclerosis. Although the male and female patients had similar ranges of age and systolic blood pressure, the brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) was higher in men than in women. The TABP was observed to indirectly increase the baPWV only in men. In this study, we demonstrated that TABP promoted drinking behavior in both men and women. Moreover, we found that drinking behavior strongly influenced liver function in men but not in women. Being well informed of the patient's psycho-behavioral aspects is indispensable for the prevention or treatment of arteriosclerosis in patients with a remarkable level of TABP. In addition, such psycho-behavioral factors appear to have greater importance in male patients than in female patients.
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