Association Between Extraversion Personality With the Blood Pressure Level in Adolescents

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Xiaohua Liang¹  Rina Li¹  Xian Tang¹  Ping Qu¹  Guang Hao²  Lun Xiao³  Shunqing Luo⁴  Guifang Zhang⁵ 

[1] Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Chongqing, China;Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China;Disease Control and Prevention Center of Jiulongpo District, Chongqing, China;Medical General Ward of Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China;Plastic Surgery Department of Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China;

关键词: extraversion;    systolic blood pressure;    diastolic blood pressure;    mean arterial pressure;    urban-rural differences;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fcvm.2022.711474

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

PurposeThe 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.MethodsAs 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.ResultsThe 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 (Pinteraction = 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.ConclusionsWe observed that extraversion personality was negatively associated with high BP in adolescents, especially for those who were living in rural areas. Our results suggested that a comprehensive intervention should be implemented to promote psychological health in adolescents.

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