Why the study?
Are there gender differences in the autonomic regulation of cardiovascular parameters such as arterial pressure, heart rate, stroke volume, and total peripheral resistance in healthy young adults?
Population
40 healthy adults, age 25 +/- 1.2 years, divided into two groups of 20.
Comparison
Male gender and acute administration of beta… vs Female gender and unblocked baseline state.
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Sex differences in autonomic regulation should not yet change practice; hypothesis-generating for prospective validation in cardiovascular outcomes.
Are there gender differences in the autonomic regulation of cardiovascular parameters such as arterial pressure, heart rate, stroke volume, and total peripheral resistance in healthy young adults?
Healthy young men exhibit predominantly sympathetic vascular regulation, whereas healthy young women show a dominant parasympathetic influence on heart rate regulation.
Evans et al. (2001) studied this question.
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