title: Blood pressure reactivity and sympathetic hyperactivity. Predictors of hypertension.
abstract: Raised sympathetic nerve activity appears to be a predictor and factor in primary hypertension. Sympathetic activation alone does not appear to be a sufficient cause of sustained hypertension, however. Over the past two decades we have studied several populations of primary hypertensive patients and found neural hyperactivity in 25 to 30% of them. Metaanalyses of other studies have supported these findings.
authors.affiliation: University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: DeQuattro
authors.forename: D D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D006948:Hyperkinesis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D013564:Sympathetic Nervous System / Q000502:physiology*