Fish consumption and cardiovascular response during mental stress

BMC Research Notes

Yutaka Matsuoka¹  Peter Rolfe⁴  Hiroko Noguchi³  Takehiro Yamakoshi²  Kenta Matsumura³ 

[1] Translational Medical Center, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, 4-1-1 Ogawa-Higashi, Kodaira, Tokyo, 187-8551, Japan;Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, 920-1192, Japan;CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency, 3256 Midori-cho, Tachikawa, Tokyo, 190-0014, Japan;Department of Automatic Measurement and Control, Harbin Institute of Technology, No.92 West Da-Zhi Street, Harbin, Heilongjiang, 150001, China

关键词: Omega-3 fatty acids;    Coronary heart diseases;    Arterial stiffness;    Impedance cardiography;    Hemodynamics;    Fish consumption;   

Others  :  1166319
DOI  :  10.1186/1756-0500-5-288

 received in 2012-01-06, accepted in 2012-06-13,  发布年份 2012

【 摘 要 】

Background

Frequent fish consumption is related to a lower risk of coronary heart disease. However, the physiological mechanisms underlying this cardioprotective effect are as yet unknown. We therefore examined certain cardiovascular physiological variables of fish eaters during rest, whilst conducting mental arithmetic, and during recovery.

Findings

The participants were 12 fish eaters (eating baked fish more than 3–4 times/week) and 13 controls (eating fish less than 1–2 times/week). Analysis of the collected data revealed that heart rate, blood pressure, and pulse wave velocity were significantly lower and pre-ejection period and baroreflex sensitivity were significantly higher in the fish eaters than in the controls during both rest and mental arithmetic, and that systolic and mean blood pressure recovery from mental arithmetic were faster in the fish eaters than in the controls.

Conclusions

These findings suggest a possible physiological mechanism that may explain why frequent fish consumption reduces coronary heart disease risk.

【 授权许可】

   
2012 Matsumura et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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