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Abnormal Sympathetic Reactivity to the Cold Pressor Test in Overweight Humans

Author(s) -

Jeanie Park,

Holly R. Middlekauff,

Vito M. Campese

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

american journal of hypertension

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009

H-Index - 136

eISSN - 1941-7225

pISSN - 0895-7061

DOI - 10.1038/ajh.2012.115

Subject(s) - overweight , cold pressor test , medicine , microneurography , blood pressure , sympathetic nervous system , heart rate , body mass index , endocrinology , baroreflex , diastole , hemodynamics , cardiology

Overweight individuals (body mass index (BMI) 25-29.9 kg/m²) are at higher risk for developing cardiovascular disease and hypertension when compared with lean individuals of normal weight (BMI 18.5-24.9 kg/m²). The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that exaggerated sympathetic nervous system responses to stressors may be one potential mechanism that predisposes overweight individuals to developing hypertension.

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