Key result
Participants who exhibited larger diastolic blood pressure and heart rate reactions to acute psychological stress were more likely to report excellent or good health five years later (OR 1.02).
Why the study?
Does greater cardiovascular reactivity to acute psychological stress predict better self-reported health in a community sample?
Population
1,647 community-dwelling adults from the West of Scotland Twenty-07 Study, mean age 41.8 years, 54% female…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
mean 5.5 years
Authors
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Greater reactivity was associated with better self-reported health; challenges traditional hypothesis but remains hypothesis-generating in observational data.
Observational (n=1,647)
No
Does greater cardiovascular reactivity to acute psychological stress predict better self-reported health in a community sample?
Effect estimate: OR 1.02 (95% CI 1.01-1.04)
p-value: p=0.002
Contrary to the traditional reactivity hypothesis, greater cardiovascular reactivity to acute psychological stress was associated with better concurrent and future self-reported health.
Phillips et al. (2009) conducted an observational in General population (n=1,647). Cardiovascular reactivity to acute psychological stress vs. Lower cardiovascular reactivity was evaluated on Self-reported health status (excellent/good) at 5-year follow-up (OR 1.02, 95% CI 1.01-1.04, p=0.002). Participants who exhibited larger diastolic blood pressure and heart rate reactions to acute psychological stress were more likely to report excellent or good health five years later (OR 1.02).
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