Abdominal obesity and chronic stress interact to predict blunted cardiovascular reactivity

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 73-79

  Singh, Kulwinder ^a   Shen, Biing Jiun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal obesity; Blunting; Body mass index; Cardiovascular reactivity; Chronic stress

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ACUTE STRESS; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC STRESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HIP CIRCUMFERENCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE CARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MENTAL STRESS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TASK PERFORMANCE; UMBILICUS; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; BLUNTING; BODY-MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR REACTIVITY; CHRONIC STRESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886447477     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: 18727697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2013.03.010     Document Type: Article

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