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The purpose of this chapter is to describe the occurrence of cardiovascular hyperactivity in the prehypertensive state. In doing so, we will focus on studies of persons having a parental history of hypertension or who are borderline hypertensive. This discussion will examine interactions between behavioral challenges, cardiovascular reactivity, and hypertension risk. We also will present a model of hypertension in Chapter 14 that emphasizes cardiovascular hyperreactivity along with genetic risk of hypertension as factors leading to development of the disorder. Chapter 7 addressed racial differences in cardiovascular reactivity. Our goal is to evaluate the possibility that behavioral factors may influence the development of hypertension.
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Lovallo, W.R., Wilson, M.F. (1992). The Role of Cardiovascular Reactivity in Hypertension Risk. In: Turner, J.R., Sherwood, A., Light, K.C. (eds) Individual Differences in Cardiovascular Response to Stress. Perspectives on Individual Differences. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0697-7_9
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