Cardiovascular reactivity during mental stress testing, the type A interview, and exercise testing in healthy male subjects.
We compared the blood pressure (BP) of 61 healthy male Ss during mental arithmetic plus noise, physical exercise testing and the Type A interview. A consistent association between personality characteristics and cardiovascular reactivity was not found. There was a consistent correlation between systolic BP reactivity during mental arithmetic and the Type A interview. Mental arithmetic and exercise testing correlated significantly for middle aged men. No correlation of BP was found between the Type A interview and exercise testing.
D000328:Adult; D001519:Behavior; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002302:Cardiac Output; D005080:Exercise Test; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008297:Male; D008606:Mental Processes / Q000502:physiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010551:Personality; D012016:Reference Values; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000503:physiopathology*