Blood Pressure Control--Racial and Psychosocial Influences

NCT00005685 | Completed

• 2 other identifiers: 4131R01HL031533
• Study Type: observational
• Target: N/A
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

To examine racial and psychosocial influences on blood pressure control.

Conditions

Cardiovascular Diseases; Heart Diseases; Hypertension

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: Up to 100 Years
• Sex: male
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

No eligibility criteria

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Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI): lead

Related Publications (26)

• Girdler SS, Turner JR, Sherwood A, Light KC. Gender differences in blood pressure control during a variety of behavioral stressors. Psychosom Med. 1990 Sep-Oct;52(5):571-91. doi: 10.1097/00006842-199009000-00009.

  PMID: 2247562 BACKGROUND

• Turner JR, Sherwood A. Postural effects on blood pressure reactivity: implications for studies of laboratory-field generalization. J Psychosom Res. 1991;35(2-3):289-95. doi: 10.1016/0022-3999(91)90083-z.

  PMID: 2046061 BACKGROUND

• Hinderliter AL, Light KC, Willis PW 4th. Left ventricular mass index and diastolic filling. Relation to blood pressure and demographic variables in a healthy biracial sample. Am J Hypertens. 1991 Jul;4(7 Pt 1):579-85. doi: 10.1093/ajh/4.7.579.

  PMID: 1873012 BACKGROUND

• Turner JR, Sherwood A, Light KC. Generalization of cardiovascular response: supportive evidence for the reactivity hypothesis. Int J Psychophysiol. 1991 Aug;11(2):207-12. doi: 10.1016/0167-8760(91)90013-n.

  PMID: 1748596 BACKGROUND

• Hinderliter AL, Light KC, Willis PW 4th. Gender differences in left ventricular structure and function in young adults with normal or marginally elevated blood pressure. Am J Hypertens. 1992 Jan;5(1):32-6. doi: 10.1093/ajh/5.1.32.

  PMID: 1736932 BACKGROUND

• Light KC, Turner JR. Stress-induced changes in the rate of sodium excretion in healthy black and white men. J Psychosom Res. 1992 Jul;36(5):497-508. doi: 10.1016/0022-3999(92)90011-p.

  PMID: 1619590 BACKGROUND

• Light KC, Turner JR, Hinderliter AL. Job strain and ambulatory work blood pressure in healthy young men and women. Hypertension. 1992 Aug;20(2):214-8. doi: 10.1161/01.hyp.20.2.214.

  PMID: 1639463 BACKGROUND

• Sherwood A, Royal SA, Hutcheson JS, Turner JR. Comparison of impedance cardiographic measurements using band and spot electrodes. Psychophysiology. 1992 Nov;29(6):734-41. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.1992.tb02051.x.

  PMID: 1461960 BACKGROUND

• Light KC, Dolan CA, Davis MR, Sherwood A. Cardiovascular responses to an active coping challenge as predictors of blood pressure patterns 10 to 15 years later. Psychosom Med. 1992 Mar-Apr;54(2):217-30. doi: 10.1097/00006842-199203000-00007.

  PMID: 1565757 BACKGROUND

• Girdler SS, Hinderliter AL, Light KC. Peripheral adrenergic receptor contributions to cardiovascular reactivity: influence of race and gender. J Psychosom Res. 1993;37(2):177-93. doi: 10.1016/0022-3999(93)90085-t.

  PMID: 8385216 BACKGROUND

• Sherwood A, Hinderliter AL. Responsiveness to alpha- and beta-adrenergic receptor agonists. Effects of race in borderline hypertensive compared to normotensive men. Am J Hypertens. 1993 Jul;6(7 Pt 1):630-5. doi: 10.1093/ajh/6.7.630.

  PMID: 8398005 BACKGROUND

• Light KC, Turner JR, Hinderliter AL, Sherwood A. Race and gender comparisons: I. Hemodynamic responses to a series of stressors. Health Psychol. 1993 Sep;12(5):354-65. doi: 10.1037//0278-6133.12.5.354.

  PMID: 8223359 BACKGROUND

• Light KC, Turner JR, Hinderliter AL, Sherwood A. Race and gender comparisons: II. Predictions of work blood pressure from laboratory baseline and cardiovascular reactivity measures. Health Psychol. 1993 Sep;12(5):366-75. doi: 10.1037//0278-6133.12.5.366.

  PMID: 8223360 BACKGROUND

• Turner JR, Sherwood A, Light KC. Intertask consistency of hemodynamic responses to laboratory stressors in a biracial sample of men and women. Int J Psychophysiol. 1994 Jul;17(2):159-64. doi: 10.1016/0167-8760(94)90031-0.

  PMID: 7995778 BACKGROUND

• Hinderliter AL, Light KC, Willis PW 4th. Patients with borderline elevated blood pressure have enhanced left ventricular contractility. Am J Hypertens. 1995 Oct;8(10 Pt 1):1040-5. doi: 10.1016/0895-7061(95)00256-1.

  PMID: 8845073 BACKGROUND

• Hinderliter AL, Sager AR, Sherwood A, Light KC, Girdler SS, Willis PW 4th. Ethnic differences in forearm vasodilator capacity. Am J Cardiol. 1996 Jul 15;78(2):208-11. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(96)90397-5.

  PMID: 8712144 BACKGROUND

• Light KC, Brownley KA, Turner JR, Hinderliter AL, Girdler SS, Sherwood A, Anderson NB. Job status and high-effort coping influence work blood pressure in women and blacks. Hypertension. 1995 Apr;25(4 Pt 1):554-9. doi: 10.1161/01.hyp.25.4.554.

  PMID: 7721397 BACKGROUND

• Sherwood A, Hinderliter AL, Light KC. Physiological determinants of hyperreactivity to stress in borderline hypertension. Hypertension. 1995 Mar;25(3):384-90. doi: 10.1161/01.hyp.25.3.384.

  PMID: 7875764 BACKGROUND

• Brownley KA, Light KC, Anderson NB. Social support and hostility interact to influence clinic, work, and home blood pressure in black and white men and women. Psychophysiology. 1996 Jul;33(4):434-45. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.1996.tb01069.x.

  PMID: 8753944 BACKGROUND

• Brownley KA, West SG, Hinderliter AL, Light KC. Acute aerobic exercise reduces ambulatory blood pressure in borderline hypertensive men and women. Am J Hypertens. 1996 Mar;9(3):200-6. doi: 10.1016/0895-7061(95)00335-5.

  PMID: 8695017 BACKGROUND

• Girdler SS, Pedersen CA, Light KC. Thyroid axis function during the menstrual cycle in women with premenstrual syndrome. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 1995;20(4):395-403. doi: 10.1016/0306-4530(94)00068-9.

  PMID: 8532823 BACKGROUND

• Light KC, Girdler SS, Sherwood A, Bragdon EE, Brownley KA, West SG, Hinderliter AL. High stress responsivity predicts later blood pressure only in combination with positive family history and high life stress. Hypertension. 1999 Jun;33(6):1458-64. doi: 10.1161/01.hyp.33.6.1458.

  PMID: 10373233 BACKGROUND

• West SG, Light KC, Hinderliter AL, Stanwyck CL, Bragdon EE, Brownley KA. Potassium supplementation induces beneficial cardiovascular changes during rest and stress in salt sensitive individuals. Health Psychol. 1999 May;18(3):229-40. doi: 10.1037//0278-6133.18.3.229.

  PMID: 10357504 BACKGROUND

• West SG, Brownley KA, Light KC. Postexercise vasodilatation reduces diastolic blood pressure responses to stress. Ann Behav Med. 1998 Spring;20(2):77-83. doi: 10.1007/BF02884452.

  PMID: 9989312 BACKGROUND

• Brownley KA, Hinderliter AL, West SG, Girdler SS, Sherwood A, Light KC. Sympathoadrenergic mechanisms in reduced hemodynamic stress responses after exercise. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2003 Jun;35(6):978-86. doi: 10.1249/01.MSS.0000069335.12756.1B.

  PMID: 12783046 BACKGROUND

• Grewen KM, Girdler SS, Hinderliter A, Light KC. Depressive symptoms are related to higher ambulatory blood pressure in people with a family history of hypertension. Psychosom Med. 2004 Jan-Feb;66(1):9-16. doi: 10.1097/01.psy.0000106881.60228.16.

  PMID: 14747632 BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Cardiovascular Diseases; Heart Diseases; Hypertension

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Vascular Diseases

Study Officials

• Kathleen Light

  University of North Carolina

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Sponsor Type: NIH

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 25, 2000
• First Posted: May 26, 2000
• Study Start: September 1, 1983
• Study Completion: July 1, 2002
• Last Updated: May 13, 2016

Record last verified: 2006-01