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Men who interrupt others in
the middle of sentence -- as well as those that feel a flash of irritation
when they are interrupted -- may be at higher risk of heart disease. Having
a dominant personality (one sign being a tendency to interrupt others)
or a high level of irritability are two personality traits that make one
prone to heart problems.
The researchers found that people
who were rated as having a dominant personality had a 47% higher risk
of heart disease, and those who had high scores of irritability had a
27% increase in heart disease risk compared with their less domineering,
more easygoing counterparts. What's more, the researchers found that the
study did not support the common belief that men display their anger and
women keep it in. Men and women may just express their anger differently,
according to the report.
Psychosomatic
Medicine 2000;62
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