New evidence shows that people who are particularly aggressive, angry and antagonistic may be at a higher risk for cardiovascular disease.

The National Institute on Aging (NIA) in Baltimore analyzed personality reports from 5,614 Italians with a mean age of about 42 combined with ultrasound imaging information as well as data about other major cardiovascular disease risk factors, such as blood pressure, to determine if there was a correlation between personality traits and heart health.

The results of the study indicated that those who were angry and aggressive showed a greater thickness of the carotid arteries in the neck and also that the least agreeable and the most antagonistic people had an increased risk for arterial wall thickening.

For more information visit “Study: Anger Can Harm the Heart” By Katrina Woznicki WebMD Health News located at http://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/news/20100816/anger-can-harm-the-heart.