Why the study?
Does cardiorespiratory fitness modify cardiovascular responses during mental stress in normotensive men and women?
Population
Normotensive men and women
Comparison
Cardiorespiratory fitness level vs Lower fitness level / Men vs Women
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Caution against practice change from cross-sectional data; leaves open sex-specific fitness effects on stress vascular responses.
Does cardiorespiratory fitness modify cardiovascular responses during mental stress in normotensive men and women?
Higher cardiorespiratory fitness in women, but not men, is associated with augmented limb blood flow and vascular conductance during mental stress.
Dishman et al. (2013) studied this question.
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