Family history of hypertension, gender, and cardiovascular responsivity during stress

The relationships of family history of hypertension and gender to cardiovascular responses to stress were investigated in this research. One hundred twenty-three subjects were monitored while they rested and performed two tasks, reaction time and Ravens progressive matrices. Positive-family history...

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Published in:Journal of behavioral medicine 1991-04, Vol.14 (2), p.169-186
Main Authors: LAWLER, K. A, LACY, J, ARMSTEAD, C. A, LAWLER, J. E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Blood Pressure - physiology
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Heart Rate - physiology
Humans
Hypertension - etiology
Hypertension - genetics
Male
Personality. Affectivity
Prospective Studies
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Reaction Time
Receptors, Adrenergic, beta - physiology
Risk Factors
Sex Factors
Stress
Stress, Psychological - complications
Task Performance and Analysis
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Summary:The relationships of family history of hypertension and gender to cardiovascular responses to stress were investigated in this research. One hundred twenty-three subjects were monitored while they rested and performed two tasks, reaction time and Ravens progressive matrices. Positive-family history males exhibited higher levels of systolic blood pressure than the negative male group and higher levels of rate pressure product than the positive-family history female group. Positive-family history males also had heart rate levels as high as the females. Female subjects did not differ from each other based on family history. In addition, subjects were grouped by gender and by high- or low-heart rate reactivity. The results suggest that heart rate reactivity has equally broad effects on cardiovascular function for males and females; for males, this reactivity during rests and tasks also tends to be associated with family history of hypertension.
ISSN:0160-7715
1573-3521
DOI:10.1007/BF00846178