Key result
Borderline hypertension in young males was associated with greater systolic blood pressure reactions to mental stressors compared to normotensive controls, with no difference in recovery.
Why the study?
Do young males with borderline hypertension show increased psychophysiological reactivity and slower recovery after mental stress compared to normotensive controls?
Case-Control (n=37)
Do young males with borderline hypertension show increased psychophysiological reactivity and slower recovery after mental stress compared to normotensive controls?
Borderline hypertensives show only moderately increased systolic blood pressure reactivity to mental stress, with no difference in recovery compared to normotensives.
Does not support slower stress recovery in borderline hypertension; hypothesis-generating for reactivity as a progression marker in young males.
UNLABELLED: The question of psychophysiological reactivity of borderline hypertensives is still controversial. METHODS: Young males with borderline blood pressure levels and normotensive controls were recruited during a routine examination. Samples of study I comprised 19 subjects, samples of study II 18 subjects. Two stressors were presented (distressing movie, mental arithmetic), each followed by a recovery phase. Systolic and diastolic blood pressure, heart rate, and electrodermal parameters were assessed repeatedly. RESULTS: Borderline hypertensives showed greater reactions to stressors in systolic blood pressure only. Changes in percentage of baseline levels were essentially the same. Recovery after stress did not differ between groups. CONCLUSION: Only moderate support is given to the hypothesis that borderline hypertensives show increased and slowly recovering psychophysiological responses.
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Köhler et al. (2010) conducted a case-control in Borderline hypertension (n=37). Borderline hypertension vs. Normotensive controls was evaluated on Psychophysiological reactivity (blood pressure, heart rate, electrodermal parameters) and recovery. Borderline hypertension in young males was associated with greater systolic blood pressure reactions to mental stressors compared to normotensive controls, with no difference in recovery.
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