The Influence of Social Situations on Ambulatory Blood Pressure

Overview

Journal Psychosom Med

Specialty Psychiatry

Date 1992 Jan 1

PMID 1553403

Citations 10

Authors

S B Spitzer

M M Llabre

G H Ironson

M D Gellman

N Schneiderman

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Abstract

Ambulatory blood pressure (BP) levels were assessed and types of activities were recorded every 20 min for a 12-hr period in 131 normotensive or mild-moderate hypertensive subjects. Systolic (S)BP and diastolic (D)BP levels varied significantly as a function of the social situation (alone, with family, with friends, or with strangers). BP levels were lowest when subjects were with family and were highest when subjects were with strangers.

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