Why the study?
Does a family history of hypertension alter regional blood flow and vascular resistance responses to mental stress in adolescents?
Population
25 adolescents (12 with a hypertensive parent and 13 age-matched adolescents with normotensive parents)
Comparison
Mental stress (mental arithmetic) vs Adolescents with normotensive parents undergoing…
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Hypothesis-generating for early vascular differences in at-risk adolescents; leaves open predictive value and clinical implications.
Does a family history of hypertension alter regional blood flow and vascular resistance responses to mental stress in adolescents?
Adolescents with a family history of hypertension exhibit exaggerated regional vasodilatory responses to mental stress despite having similar systemic blood pressure changes compared to peers without such a history.
Anderson et al. (1987) studied this question.
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