Abstract
The association between behavioral and somatic coronary risk indicators was studied in 3-, and 6-, and 9-year-old children ( n = 668). The behavioral risk indicators used were the Type A behavior pattern, hyperactivity, social maladjustment, and life dissatisfactions of the mother. The somatic risk indicators adopted were serum concentrations of apolipoproteins B and A-I. The results might indicate that behavioral and somatic coronary risk indicators are not independent, but could share a common basis, or pathways that are related to the pathogenesis of CHD. In addition, a sex-related difference was discovered: variables associated with the high somatic risk level among girls were hyperactivity, social maladjustment, and impatience, and among boys the variables were the mother's dissatisfaction with herself as a mother, leadership, and a tendency for competitiveness-aggression.
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