Why the study?
Does parental hypertension increase cardiovascular responsivity to stress in healthy young men?
Population
103 healthy college-age men
Comparison
Parental hypertension vs Parental normotension
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Parental hypertension history associates with greater stress reactivity in young men; hypothesis-generating for hypertension risk prediction, no practice change yet.
Does parental hypertension increase cardiovascular responsivity to stress in healthy young men?
Healthy young men with a parental history of hypertension exhibit exaggerated heart rate and systolic blood pressure responses to active coping stress tasks, suggesting a potential marker for future hypertension risk.
Hastrup et al. (1982) studied this question.