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Identification of hypertensive patients with dominant affective temperaments might improve the psychopathological and cardiovascular risk stratification: a pilot, case-control study.

Andrea LászlóLevente BabosZsóka Kis-IgariAdrienn PálfyPéter TorzsaAjándék EőryLászló KalabayXenia GondaZoltán RihmerOrsolya CseprekálAndrás TislérJudit HodreaLilla LénártAndrea FeketeJános Nemcsik
Published in: Annals of general psychiatry (2015)
Although similar arterial stiffness parameters were found in DOM patients, their increased depression and anxiety scores, the decreased brachial and central diastolic blood pressures as well as the decreased seBDNF might refer to their higher vulnerability regarding the development not only of major mood disorders, but also of cardiovascular complications. These data suggest that the evaluation of affective temperaments should get more attention both with regard to psychopathology and cardiovascular health management.
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