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No effect of stage 1 hypertension or hypertensive medication on critical environmental limits (PSU HEAT Project)

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Contrasting current dogma, men and women with stage 1 hypertension, regardless of antihypertensive medication use are not at inherently greater heat-related risk than their age-matched normotensive counterparts.

Source: American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology

DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00038.2025

Authors: Olivia K. Leach, Kat G. Fisher, Rachel M. Cottle, W. Larry Kenney

Institution: Pennsylvania State University

Language: English

Topic: Thermoregulation and physiological responses

Subfield: Physiology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging

Awards: G4568443629, G498543760, Identification of Critical Thermal Environments for Aged Adults, G7081939993, Psychosocial Determinants and Biological Pathways to Healthy Aging (Pathways), G980175704

OpenAlex ID: W4408507876

FWCI: 3.183

Cites: 26

Cited by: 6

Related to: 10