Researchers found men who admitted having a short fuse around the age of 35 were much more likely to be dead 35 years later than those who were less quick to anger.
The angriest men were 57 percent more likely to have died by the follow-up stage than the calmest men, the researchers from Iowa State University said.
And the relationship between anger and mortality remained strong after taking into account factors such as income, marital status and whether or not they smoked, they found.
The researchers said previous studies had “linked anger with a variety of negative physiological processes”.
These include atherosclerosis – where arteries become clogged up by fatty substances called plaques – and can lead to “serious and potentially fatal health events such as heart attacks”, the researchers added.
Daily Mail
