Association Between Extraversion Personality With the Blood Pressure Level in Adolescents

作者：Xiaohua Liang, Guang Hao, Lun Xiao, Shunqing Luo, Guifang Zhang, Xian Tang, Ping Qü, Rina Li · 发表于：Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine · 年份：2022 · DOI：10.3389/fcvm.2022.711474 · 被引用次数：14 · 研究领域：Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies、Cardiac Health and Mental Health、Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control

Purpose The association between extraversion personality and high blood pressure (BP) has not been well-studied. This study aims to explore the association between extraversion personality and the BP level in a large sample of adolescents. Methods As an ongoing study, 5,246 children aged 6–9 years were recruited using a stratified cluster sampling method in 2014. The extraversion personality trait, assessed by the Eysenck personality questionnaire (EPQ, answered by adolescents) in 2019, was used in the main analysis. A total of 3,407 participants were eligible and included in this analysis. Results The EPQ extraversion score was negatively associated with a systolic BP, a diastolic BP, and mean arterial pressure (MAP) in a univariate analysis. After adjusting for other covariates, high extraversion score was negatively associated with systolic BP (β = −0.026; 95% CI = −0.047, −0.004; p = 0.002). There was an interaction between regions and the extraversion score on systolic BP ( P interaction = 0.037). The stratified analysis showed that, in rural areas, the extraversion score was negatively associated with systolic BP (β = −0.050; 95% CI = −0.081, −0.016; p = 0.004). However, we did find an association between the extraversion score and systolic BP in urban areas (β = 0.000; 95% CI = −0.028, 0.028; p = 0.996). Similar results were observed for the extraversion assessed by parents. Conclusions We observed that extraversion personality was negatively associated with high BP in...