Why the study?
Does a measured dose of nicotine acutely increase heart rate and blood pressure during physical activity and following meal consumption in healthy male smokers?
Population
Healthy male smokers
Design
Other
Follow-up
Acute
Authors
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Nicotine's additive effects on HR and SBP during activity and post-meal warrant caution in smokers; leaves open mechanistic role in acute events.
Does a measured dose of nicotine acutely increase heart rate and blood pressure during physical activity and following meal consumption in healthy male smokers?
Nicotine acutely increases heart rate and systolic blood pressure additively with physical activity and eating, which may help explain the increased risk of acute cardiac abnormalities due to smoking.
Perkins et al. (1990) studied this question.
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