INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIOECONOMIC VARIABLES AFFECTING BLOOD PRESSURE RESPONSES TO PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESS

Attenuated adrenocortical and blood pressure responses to psychological stress in ad libitum and abstinent smokers.

Chronic smoking may alter physiological systems involved in the stress response. This study was designed to examine the effects of ad libitum smoking and abstinence on adrenocortical and cardiovascular responses to acute psychological stress in dependent cigarette smokers. We evaluated differences among abstinent smokers, smokers who continued to smoke at their normal rate, and nonsmokers in sa...

Factors affecting blood pressure responses to diet: the Vanguard study.

To study physiologic factors affecting the blood pressure (BP) response to nonpharmacologic maneuvers, fasting blood glucose, insulin, lipid and mineral levels, urinary mineral excretion, and the calcium regulating hormones parathyroid hormone (PTH) and 1,25 dihydroxyvitamin D (1,25 (OH)2D) were measured in 71 unmedicated hypertensive (26 hypertensive only [HT], 45 hypertensive hyperlipidemic [...

Birth weight, adult blood pressure, and blood pressure reactions to acute psychological stress.

Provide treatment strategies based on psycho-individual mechanisms affecting psychological competence and individual creativity

Background and Aim: One of the most important challenges of today's managers in organizations is the insufficient use of intellectual resources, mental capacity and potential capacities of human resources; In most organizations, the capabilities of employees are not used optimally and managers are not able to use their potential. Certainly, an organization is more successful if it has a capable...

Socioeconomic Factors Affecting Adolescent and Youth Addiction to Synthetic Drugs

The present study was conducted to investigate the social status of addicts in Birjand City, Iran. This research was carried out by using the survey method. The research population included all adolescents and young people who were addicted to narcotics since the beginning or have turned to synthetic drugs before the age of 30. The samples were selected using the available sampling method. A re...