Why the study?
Is adrenal medullary responsiveness to mental stress lower in overweight compared to lean borderline hypertensive young men?
Population
134 young men, comprising lean and overweight borderline hypertensive subjects, and lean and overweight…
Comparison
Mental arithmetic-induced stress and… vs Lean versus overweight subjects, and borderline…
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Lower epinephrine in overweight borderline hypertensives may reflect reduced stress responsiveness; leaves open differential risk stratification by body weight.
Is adrenal medullary responsiveness to mental stress lower in overweight compared to lean borderline hypertensive young men?
Adrenal medullary activation in borderline hypertension is primarily characteristic of lean rather than overweight young men.
Henrik M. Reims (2004) studied this question.
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