Abstract
Objectives: To test for differences in stress-induced cardiovascular functioning among hypertensive and normotensive African American (AA) smokers. Methods: Participants (n=35) were exposed to both stress and neutral mood inductions. Results: Repeated measures analyses of covariance produced a significant group x mood condition interaction for systolic blood pressure (P=.048), but not for diastolic blood pressure (P>.05). The most notable finding was that AA hypertensive smokers showed selectively greater elevations in their systolic responses compared with normotensive controls following the laboratory-induced stressor. Conclusions: Implications to an elevated risk of future cardiovascular disease among AA hypertensive smokers are discussed.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 51-59 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | American Journal of Health Behavior |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2011 |
Keywords
- African Americans
- Hypertension
- Smoking
- Stress
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Health(social science)
- Social Psychology
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health