Why the study?
Does cardiorespiratory fitness mitigate blood pressure and muscle sympathetic nerve activity responses during cold pressor stress in normotensive individuals?
Population
Normotensive men and women
Comparison
Cardiorespiratory fitness level vs Lower fitness levels and gender differences
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Fitness should not yet alter cold pressor interpretation; leaves open sex-specific effects on hypertension risk prediction.
Does cardiorespiratory fitness mitigate blood pressure and muscle sympathetic nerve activity responses during cold pressor stress in normotensive individuals?
Cardiorespiratory fitness mitigates blood pressure and sympathetic nerve activity responses to cold pressor stress in normotensive women, suggesting fitness should be considered when using this test to predict future hypertension.
Dishman et al. (2003) studied this question.
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