“…The vulnerable type may be associated with poor outcome because the FFM model of personality shares generic risk factors with depression (Kendler and Myers, 2010), which has a greater genetic overlap in men than women (Fanous et al, 2007). Next, it is possible that the participants of our study had some intensified personality characteristics compared to general populations, given longstanding suggestions of associations between personality traits and risk of coronary heart disease (Rosenman et al, 1976;Sirri et al, 2012). For example, type A behavior is more prevalent in patients with cardiovascular disease compared with other medical disorders (Sirri et al, 2012).…”