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Individual Differences in Cardiovascular Response to Stress pp 125–145Cite as

Toward Understanding Race Difference in Autonomic Reactivity

A Proposed Contextual Model

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One of the most consistent findings in the cardiovascular epidemiologic literature is the higher resting blood pressure and greater prevalence of essential hypertension among black compared to white adults (Folkow, 1982, 1987). The higher rate of hypertension among blacks has been documented for males between the aged of 25 and 64 years and for females aged 25 through 74 years (Obrist, 1981). Not surprisingly, given the extraordinarily high rate of hypertension morbidity among blacks, this group also suffers disproportionately higher rates of hypertension-related mortality from heart disease, cerebral vascular disease, and renal disease (Matthews, Weiss, Detre, Dembroski, Falkner, Manuck, & Williams, 1986; Obrist, 1981).

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    Norman B. Anderson

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    Maya McNeilly

  3. Department of Psychology, University of California at Los Angeles, USA

    Hector Myers

  4. Department of Psychiatry, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, California, 90024, USA

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Anderson, N.B., McNeilly, M., Myers, H. (1992). Toward Understanding Race Difference in Autonomic Reactivity. 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_7

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