Trait anxiety but not state anxiety level associates with biomarkers for hypertension in the metabolic syndrome

Various studies link hypertension with anxiety; however, it remains unclarified if such relations are present in the metabolic syndrome (MetS). We studied cross‐sectionally the interrelations of self‐reported anxiety (Spielberger STAI), and MetS components in MetS patients. We investigated a nationa...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Psychophysiology 2016-06, Vol.53 (6), p.914-920
Main Authors: Lemche, Alexandra V., Chaban, Oleg S., Lemche, Erwin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Anxiety
Anxiety - complications
Anxiety - epidemiology
Biomarkers
Blood pressure
Cohort studies
Cross-sectional design
Cross-Sectional Studies
Diabetes
Female
Humans
Hypertension
Hypertension - complications
Hypertension - epidemiology
Male
Metabolic syndrome
Metabolic Syndrome - complications
Metabolic Syndrome - epidemiology
Middle Aged
Models, Psychological
National sample
Obesity - complications
Obesity - epidemiology
Psychology
Pulse pressure
Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory
Structural equation modeling
Citations: Items that this one cites
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Various studies link hypertension with anxiety; however, it remains unclarified if such relations are present in the metabolic syndrome (MetS). We studied cross‐sectionally the interrelations of self‐reported anxiety (Spielberger STAI), and MetS components in MetS patients. We investigated a nationally sampled treatment cohort for MetS with familial Type 2 diabetes risk. N = 101 patients fulfilling International Diabetes Federation criteria for MetS participated. Both laboratory and nonlaboratory measures were included. Structural equation models (SEM) were adjusted. The final SEM had an R2 = .998 with the obesity component linking to waist, BMI, and degree of adiposity, and the hypertension component linking to systolic blood pressure, pulse pressure, total cholesterol, and trait anxiety. For state anxiety, no significant regressive causal path could be estimated. SEM supports the assumption of an interaction of pulse pressure, systolic blood pressure, cholesterol metabolism, and high trait anxiety in the pathophysiology of hypertension in MetS.
ISSN:0048-5772
1469-8986
1540-5958
DOI:10.1111/psyp.12623