title: [Psychosocial stress and essential hypertension].
abstract: A case-control study of 72 pairs indicated that stress events in daily life stimulative factor might induce the development of hypertension in susceptible persons. The sustained stress of tension and anxiety and passive mood of psychodefence could be the psychological factors inducing hypertension. Personality, as a mediated variable, has an important influence on the initiation and progress of hypertension.
authors.affiliation: Tianjin Medical College.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhou
mesh_terms: D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology; D007439:Introversion, Psychological; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications*