Sex Differences in Physiological Responses to Stress and in Coronary Heart Disease: A Causal Link?

Catherine M. Stoney; Mary C. Davis; Karen A. Matthews

doi:10.1111/j.1469-8986.1987.tb00264.x

Sex Differences in Physiological Responses to Stress and in Coronary Heart Disease: A Causal Link?

Catherine M. Stoney, Mary C. Davis, Karen A. Matthews

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Abstract

This editorial offers and provides preliminary support for the hypothesis that sex differences exist in physiological responses to acute behavioral stress, which may aid in understanding the enormous sex differences in risk for coronary heart disease. Epidemiological data regarding the differential sex experience of coronary heart disease morbidity and mortality are discussed, followed by a meta‐analytic review of available psychophysiological data on sex differences in stress‐induced cardiovascular and neuroendocrine responses. The implications of the meta‐analysis for conceptual and methodological issues in psychophysiological research are highlighted.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	127-131
Number of pages	5
Journal	Psychophysiology
Volume	24
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8986.1987.tb00264.x
State	Published - Mar 1987
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Coronary heart disease
Meta‐analysis
Psychophysiology
Reproductive hormones
Sex differences
Stress

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Neuroscience(all)
Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Neurology
Endocrine and Autonomic Systems
Developmental Neuroscience
Cognitive Neuroscience
Biological Psychiatry

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