Greater orthostatic tolerance in young black compared with white women

Hypertension

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 75-81

  Hinds, Kumba ^a   Stachenfeld, Nina S ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Blood pressure; Racial differences; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; CATECHOLAMINE; NORADRENALIN; RENIN;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CATECHOLAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LOWER BODY NEGATIVE PRESSURE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NEGRO; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; ORTHOSTATIC BLOOD PRESSURE; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRESYNCOPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RR INTERVAL;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LOWER BODY NEGATIVE PRESSURE; ORTHOSTATIC INTOLERANCE; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; SYNCOPE; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953806891     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.110.150011     Document Type: Article

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