title: Forced expiratory volume is associated with cardiovascular and cortisol reactions to acute psychological stress.
abstract: It has been argued that blunted cardiovascular and cortisol reactions to acute psychological stress reflect a dysregulation of the neural system that supports motivation. We examined the association between forced expiratory volume in 1 s, an effort (hence motivation) dependent measure of lung function measured by spirometry, and cardiovascular and cortisol reactions to a battery of standard psychological stress tasks, assessed 7 years later. Irrespective of how it was expressed, low forced expiratory volume was associated with blunted heart rate and cortisol stress reactivity. The association survived adjustment for smoking, a range of anthropometric and sociodemographic covariates, and commitment to the stress tasks, as well as cognitive ability.
authors.affiliation: School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK. carrolld@bham.ac.uk
authors.forename: Douglas
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Carroll
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bibbey
authors.forename: Tessa J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Roseboom
authors.forename: Anna C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Phillips
authors.forename: Annie T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Ginty
authors.forename: Susanne R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: De Rooij
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000886:Anthropometry; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D005541:Forced Expiratory Volume / Q000502:physiology*; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009426:Netherlands; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013217:Starvation; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000097:blood* / Q000503:physiopathology*
chemical_list: D006854:Hydrocortisone