Racial Differences in Orthostatic Tolerance

Yale University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Orthostatic Tolerance

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00844181

3R01HL071159-04A1S1 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

0512000875

Details and patient eligibility

About

Our central hypothesis is that baroreflex sensitivity is attenuated in black women compared to white women, and that this dysregulation will be apparent during orthostatic challenges. We expect that the cumulative stress index (CSI), a measure of maximal orthostatic tolerance, is higher in Black women (BW) compared to White women (WW).

Enrollment: 18 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 25 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• women between 18-25 yrs of age

Exclusion criteria

• history of high blood pressure, uterine fibroids, diabetes, epilepsy

Trial design

18 participants in 2 patient groups

0

Description:

white women

1

Description:

Black women