Why the study?
Do borderline hypertensive adolescents exhibit altered forearm hemodynamics at rest and during mental stress compared to normotensive adolescents?
Population
20 adolescent males, comprising 10 with borderline hypertension and 10 normotensive controls
Comparison
Mental stress (mental arithmetic) for 10 minutes vs Normotensive adolescent males
Design
Case-control
Authors
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Adolescents with borderline hypertension demonstrate primary peripheral vascular abnormalities, maintaining higher vascular resistance and lacking normal vasodilatory responses during mental stress.
Do borderline hypertensive adolescents exhibit altered forearm hemodynamics at rest and during mental stress compared to normotensive adolescents?
Adolescents with borderline hypertension demonstrate primary peripheral vascular abnormalities, maintaining higher vascular resistance and lacking normal vasodilatory responses during mental stress.
Santangelo et al. (1989) studied this question.
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