Why the study?
Does exaggerated blood pressure response to mental stress predict enhanced carotid atherosclerosis progression in middle-aged men?
Population
756 Finnish men from 4 age cohorts (42 to 60 years old at study onset)
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
7 years
Authors
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Mental stress SBP reactivity was associated with carotid IMT progression; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before clinical use.
Does exaggerated blood pressure response to mental stress predict enhanced carotid atherosclerosis progression in middle-aged men?
Exaggerated systolic blood pressure reactivity to mental stress is an independent predictor of carotid atherosclerosis progression in middle-aged men.
Jennings et al. (2004) studied this question.
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