TY - JOUR
T1 - Ethnic differences in cardiovascular responses to laboratory stress
T2 - A comparison between Asian and white Americans
AU - Shen, Biing Jiun
AU - Stroud, Laura R.
AU - Niaura, Raymond
N1 - Funding Information:
Laura Stroud was supported by a Career Development Award from the National Institute of Mental Health (K23 MH65443-01), a Faculty Scholar Grant from the Tobacco Etiology Network of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and a Junior Investigator Award from the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD). We would like to extend gratitude to Jeanne McCaffery for her comments on this article and to Jenelle Krishnamoorthy for her assistance during the preparation of the manuscript for this article.
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - Compared to other ethnic groups, Asian Americans show significantly lower rates of cardiovascular disease (CVD). We tested the hypothesis that Asian Americans would show reduced cardiovascular responses to laboratory Stressors than Caucasians. Forty-three Asians (18 men, 25 women) and 77 Caucasians (36 men, 41 women) with a mean age of 24 years (SD = 3.93) participated in a stress reactivity protocol consisting of four tasks (speech, serial subtraction, mirror tracing, handgrip) while heart rate (HR), systolic blood pressure (SBP), and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) were measured. Asian Americans demonstrated overall lower reactivity across tasks for SBP F(1,117 = 7.48, p < .01) and a trend toward lower HR response F(1,117 = 3.18, p < .10). A significant ethnicity by task interaction was observed for HR reactivity F(3,351 = 2.94, p < .05) such that Caucasians showed greater responses for the subtraction task.
AB - Compared to other ethnic groups, Asian Americans show significantly lower rates of cardiovascular disease (CVD). We tested the hypothesis that Asian Americans would show reduced cardiovascular responses to laboratory Stressors than Caucasians. Forty-three Asians (18 men, 25 women) and 77 Caucasians (36 men, 41 women) with a mean age of 24 years (SD = 3.93) participated in a stress reactivity protocol consisting of four tasks (speech, serial subtraction, mirror tracing, handgrip) while heart rate (HR), systolic blood pressure (SBP), and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) were measured. Asian Americans demonstrated overall lower reactivity across tasks for SBP F(1,117 = 7.48, p < .01) and a trend toward lower HR response F(1,117 = 3.18, p < .10). A significant ethnicity by task interaction was observed for HR reactivity F(3,351 = 2.94, p < .05) such that Caucasians showed greater responses for the subtraction task.
KW - Asian American
KW - Cardiovascular reactivity
KW - Caucasian American
KW - Ethnic differences
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U2 - 10.1207/s15327558ijbm1103_7
DO - 10.1207/s15327558ijbm1103_7
M3 - Article
C2 - 15496346
AN - SCOPUS:6344287634
VL - 11
SP - 181
EP - 186
JO - International Journal of Behavioral Medicine
JF - International Journal of Behavioral Medicine
SN - 1070-5503
IS - 3
ER -