title: Borderline hypertension: relationship between job and psychophysiological profile.
abstract: To identify relationships among hypertension, job and cardiovascular reactivity we studied 81 borderline hypertensives divided into labourers (L), white collars (W) and managers (M). After behavioral analysis, they underwent 4 tests: arithmetic, Sacks, acoustic, electric. Along the entire sitting, muscular contraction, skin conductance (SCL), peripheric temperature (THP), SBP, DBP and HR were taken, every 30". Depression, obsessive-compulsive, anxiety and neurotic traits were found in W. SBP, DBP and HR were not significantly different. Failed recovery curves of SCL were identified in M and W, but the presence of abnormal response profile, of both, SCL and THP, only in W. This autonomic dysreactivity, previously recognized as a possible characteristic of the prehypertensive condition, could uncover the role of certain work stressful condition to increase the sympathetic drive underlying hypertension.
authors.affiliation: Division of Hypertension, University of Bari, Italy.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nazzaro
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Manzari
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Merlo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mudoni
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pirrelli
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009790:Occupations; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013564:Sympathetic Nervous System / Q000503:physiopathology*