Blunted cardiovascular reactions are a predictor of negative health outcomes: A prospective cohort study
Abstract
The study examined whether cardiovascular responses to psychological stress tests predict future anxiety and depression scores 40-months later. Hemodynamic measures were obtained from 102 healthy adults before, during and after mental arithmetic, a speech task, and a cold pressor task. The 14-item Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale was administered at initial testing and at 40-months follow-up. At initial testing analyses revealed that high anxiety symptoms were characterized by blunted cardiovascular reactions to acute mental stress, particularly mental arithmetic. Furthermore, after adjustment for baseline blood pressure (BP), baseline anxiety levels and traditional risk factors, attenuated systolic BP responses to mental arithmetic were associated with future anxiety levels (ΔR2 = .055). These findings suggest that blunted cardiovascular reactions to stress may be an independent risk factor for future anxiety levels.Citation
Yuenyongchaiwat, K. and Sheffield, D. (2017) 'Blunted cardiovascular reactions are a predictor of negative health outcomes: A prospective cohort study', Journal of Applied Biobehavioral Research, e12091, DOI: 10.1111/jabr.12091Publisher
WileyJournal
Journal of Applied Biobehavioral ResearchDOI
10.1111/jabr.12091Additional Links
http://doi.wiley.com/10.1111/jabr.12091Type
ArticleLanguage
enISSN
10712089ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1111/jabr.12091