Acute psychological stress transiently increases arterial stiffness in young adults

Zieff, Gabriel, Paterson, Craig, Stone, Keeron ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6572-7874, Chauntry, Aiden J., Niemeyer, William, Choudhury, Tanisha, Hanson, Erik D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7744-5652, Meyer, Michelle L., Battaglini, Claudio, Moore, Justin B., Fryer, Simon M ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0376-0104 and Stoner, Lee (2026) Acute psychological stress transiently increases arterial stiffness in young adults. Journal of Human Hypertension. doi:10.1038/s41371-026-01170-5 (In Press)

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Abstract

Acute psychological stress may contribute to cardiovascular disease risk through transient vascular dysfunction. In a randomized crossover study of healthy young adults, the Trier Social Stress Task increased brachial–femoral pulse wave velocity compared with a neutral time- and speech-matched control condition. Using an experimental design and statistical approach that addressed limitations identified in prior studies, these findings support meta-analytic evidence and suggest that transient arterial stiffening may represent a mechanism linking repeated stress exposure to long-term cardiovascular risk.

Item Type:	Article
Article Type:	Article
Subjects:	Q Science > QP Physiology R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Divisions:	Schools and Research Institutes > School of Education, Health and Sciences
Depositing User:	Charlotte Crutchlow
Date Deposited:	11 Jun 2026 10:22
Last Modified:	11 Jun 2026 10:30
URI:	https://eprints.glos.ac.uk/id/eprint/16336

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