Smokers show an altered hemodynamic profile to active stress: Evidence of a dysregulated stress response in young adults.

ABSTRACT: Tobacco smoking has been associated with lower cardiovascular reactivity to psychological stress in middle-aged samples, but its impact on cardiovascular reactivity to stress in young adults remains unclear. The present study examined whether young healthy adults showed differing cardiovascular stress reaction profiles depending on their smoking status. Across two laboratory studies (N = 64 and N = 114), we asked participants to complete cognitive stress-tasks while undergoing continuous hemodynamic monitoring. In both studies, there was not a statistically signification association between systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, or heart rate reactivity to stress (all ps > .05). However, examination of the underlying hemodynamic profile of the stress response suggested differen

SUBMITTER: Howard S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9541945 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature