State Anxiety Is Associated with Cardiovascular Reactivity in Young, Healthy African Americans
Joint Authors
Waters, Sandra J.
Yancey, Sadiqa
Pointer, Mildred A.
McClelland, Marilyn K.
Petrusi, Patricia
Abou-Chacra, Ranim
Source
International Journal of Hypertension
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-01-03
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Although several studies have shown that enhanced cardiovascular reactivity can predict hypertension development in African Americans, these findings have not been consistent among all studies examining reactivity and hypertension susceptibility.
This inconsistency may be explained by the influence of anxiety (state and trait) on the blood pressure response to stress.
Therefore, this study sought to determine whether anxiety is associated with blood pressure response to cold pressor (CP) and anger recall (AR) stress tests in young healthy African Americans.
Modeling using state and trait anxiety revealed that state anxiety predicts systolic (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure DBP response to CP and AR (P≤0.02).
Interestingly, state anxiety predicted heart rate changes only to CP (P<0.01; P=0.3 for AR).
Although trait anxiety was associated with SBP response to AR and not CP, it was not a significant predictor of reactivity in our models.
We conclude that anxiety levels may contribute to the variable blood pressure response to acute stressors and, therefore, should be assessed when performing cardiovascular reactivity measures.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Pointer, Mildred A.& Yancey, Sadiqa& Abou-Chacra, Ranim& Petrusi, Patricia& Waters, Sandra J.& McClelland, Marilyn K.. 2012. State Anxiety Is Associated with Cardiovascular Reactivity in Young, Healthy African Americans. International Journal of Hypertension،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-7.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Pointer, Mildred A.…[et al.]. State Anxiety Is Associated with Cardiovascular Reactivity in Young, Healthy African Americans. International Journal of Hypertension No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-7.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Pointer, Mildred A.& Yancey, Sadiqa& Abou-Chacra, Ranim& Petrusi, Patricia& Waters, Sandra J.& McClelland, Marilyn K.. State Anxiety Is Associated with Cardiovascular Reactivity in Young, Healthy African Americans. International Journal of Hypertension. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-458883
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-458883