Anxiety, Anger, and Neurogenic Tone At Rest and in Stress in Patients with Primary Hypertension
Anxiety, Anger, and Neurogenic Tone At Rest and in Stress in Patients with Primary Hypertension
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原发性高血压患者在休息和应激状态下的焦虑、愤怒和神经源性紧张
DOI:
10.1161/01.hyp.3.6_pt_2.ii-119
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发表时间:
1981
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影响因子:
8.3
通讯作者:
J. Bornheimer
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作者:
P. Sullivan;S. Schoentgen;V. Dequattro;W. Procci;D. Levine;J. V. Meulen;J. Bornheimer
SUMMARY To determine whether basal blood pressure or pressor responses to stress are related to sympathetic nerve tone or to psychological factors in hypertensives, 15 hypertensives and 13 normotensives were studied by means of a self-administered questionnaire, Isometric handgrip exercise (IHE), and the mental stress of serial subtraction. Plasma norepinephrine (NE), epinephrine (E), blood pressure (BP) and heart rate (HR) were measured before and at the end of IHE and mental stress. A greater number of hypertensives had suppressed anger (p < 0.01) and scored higher on anxiety trait (p < 0.01) and depression (p < 0.05). Prestress (IHE and mental) BP and NE values were significantly greater in hypertensives (all p < 0.01). During IHE, both groups had a significant increase of BP, HR, and NE (all p < 0.01) but E rose in hypertensives only (p < 0.05). The percentage change of BP, HR, NE, and E during IHE was similar in both groups. The changes of BP and HR were not related to NE or E. During mental stress, HR (p < 0.01) and E (p < 0.05) increased in both groups. However, BP (systolic and diastolic) increased in nonnotensives only (p < 0.01). Plasma NE contents were unchanged In both groups. There were significant positive correlations of anxiety trait with systolic BP (p < 0.05), diastolic BP (p < 0.05), and NE (p < 0.05) and E (p < 0.05). Although hypertensives had increased neurogenic tone related perhaps to inward anger and anxiety, the percentage responses of neurogenic tone and BP to IHE were equivalent to those of normotensives. The challenge of serial subtraction did not elicit further noradrenergic or pressor responses in hypertensives. Suppressed anger and anxiety, via increased basal neurogenic tone, may be pathogenic factors in some patients with primary hypertension. (Hypertension 3 (suppl II): II-119-11-123, 1981)