Why the study?
Are exaggerated blood pressure responses during mental stress associated with enhanced carotid atherosclerosis in middle-aged Finnish men?
Are exaggerated blood pressure responses during mental stress associated with enhanced carotid atherosclerosis in middle-aged Finnish men?
Exaggerated blood pressure responses to mental stress may serve as an independent risk marker for carotid atherosclerosis in middle-aged men.
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Hypothesis-generating for stress reactivity as atherosclerosis marker in middle-aged men; prospective studies needed before clinical consideration.
Kamarck et al. (1997) studied this question.
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