Experiment 67646

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PropertyValue
Pharmacology
Administration routeORAL
OrganismEmpty organism
CitationSHEPARD,JD: AL'ABSI,M: WHITSETT,TL: PASSEY,RB: LOVALLO,WR:. (2000). ADDITIVE PRESSOR EFFECTS OF CAFFEINE AND STRESS IN MALE MEDICAL STUDENTS AT RISK FOR HYPERTENSION.. 13(5)
Amount utilized
Compound isolated
DiseaseTHE EFFECTS OF CAFFEINE ON BLOOD PRESSURE (BP) AND CORTISOL SECRETION WERE EXAMD. DURING ELEVATED WORK STRESS IN MEDICAL STUDENTS AT HIGH VS. LOW RISK FOR HYPERTENSION. AMONG 31 MALE MEDICAL STUDENTS WHO WERE REGULAR CONSUMERS OF CAFFEINE, 20 WERE CONSIDERED AT LOW RISK FOR HYPERTENSION AND 11 AT HIGH RISK BASED ON EPIDEMIOL. CRITERIA CORTISOL LEVELS AND AMBULATORY BP WERE MEASURED WITH AND WITHOUT CAFFEINE DURING TWO LECTURES (LOW WORK STRESS) AND TWO EXAMS (HIGH WORK STRESS) IN A RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE-BLIND, CROSSOVER TRIAL. CAFFEINE CONSUMPTION AND EXAM STRESS INCREASED CORTISOL SECRETION IN BOTH GROUPS. BP INCREASED WITH CAFFEINE OR EXAM STRESS IN BOTH GROUPS.
Number1
Qualitative resultACTIVE
AnimalHUMAN ADULT
Dose expressionDOSE
GenderMALE