Defensive coping facilitated a smaller cortisol-to-estradiol ratio and a higher hypertension risk: the SABPA study.

CONCLUSIONS: A smaller Cort:E2 was associated with raised blood pressure in defensive coping African men. Defensive coping, possibly via highly activated α1-adrenergic vasoconstrictive responses, may facilitate neuro-endocrine dysfunction and hypertension in African men. PMID: 29667849 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Blood Pressure - Category: Hematology Tags: Blood Press Source Type: research