Basal Blood Pressure Variability and Reactivity of Blood Pressure to Emotional Stress in Essential Hypertension

Overview

Journal Basic Res Cardiol

Specialty Cardiology & Vascular Diseases

Date 1984 Jan 1

PMID 6539592

Citations 8

Authors

W Schulte

H Neus

M Thones

A W von Eiff

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Abstract

Blood pressure variability under basal conditions and blood pressure reactivity to emotional stress were studied in 38 hypertensives and 13 normotensives. Systolic basal blood pressure variability correlated with systolic blood pressure reactivity. Variability increased with higher basal blood pressure. Thus in the hypertension group the blood pressure variability was greater than in the normotension group. Besides, the hypertension group showed a greater reactivity of systolic blood pressure to emotional stress, too. An influence of age on basal blood pressure, blood pressure variability, and reactivity could be evaluated; but no influence of sex on these parameters was detected. The results indicate that variability and reactivity of blood pressure can be referred to a common central nervous blood-pressure-regulating mechanism. As both parameters are increased in hypertension, a greater lability of blood pressure must be assumed. This greater lability may be attributed to a stronger neurogenic influence or to structural changes of peripheral blood vessels.

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