Greater Orthostatic Tolerance in Young Black Compared With White Women
Hinds K, Stachenfeld NS. Greater Orthostatic Tolerance in Young Black Compared With White Women. Hypertension 2010, 56: 75-81. PMID: 20458005, PMCID: PMC2909588, DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.110.150011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLower body negative pressureBody negative pressureOrthostatic toleranceWhite womenHeart rateGreater sympathetic nervous system responseR intervalSympathetic nervous system responsesPlasma renin activityPlasma catecholamine concentrationsSerum aldosterone concentrationNervous system responsesNegative pressureBlack womenCumulative stress indexWoman underwentRenin activityAldosterone concentrationBaroreflex functionBlood pressureCatecholamine concentrationsOrthostatic challengePlasma concentrationsHealthy blacksBlood samples