Central Adiposity is Associated with Cardiovascular Reactivity to Stress in Adolescents
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2005
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1037/0278-6133.24.4.375
Abstract
The current study examined the association between central adiposity, measured by waist circumference, and cardiovascular reactivity to stress among 106 White and 105 Black adolescents, approximately 50% of whom were girls. Participants engaged in 4 laboratory tasks while cardiovascular reactivity measures were taken. Independent of body mass index, race, and gender, participants with a greater waist circumference exhibited greater systolic blood pressure reactivity and diastolic blood pressure reactivity (boys only). Race did not affect the results. Results from the present study suggest that central adiposity is associated with blood pressure reactivity early in life, especially in adolescent boys.
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Citation / Publisher Attribution
Health Psychology, v. 24, issue 4, p. 375-384
Scholar Commons Citation
Goldbacher, Edie; Matthews, Karen A.; and Salomon, Kristen, "Central Adiposity is Associated with Cardiovascular Reactivity to Stress in Adolescents" (2005). Psychology Faculty Publications. 1846.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/psy_facpub/1846
