TY - JOUR AU - Philbois, Stella V. AU - Facioli, Tábata P. AU - Gastaldi, Ada C. AU - Rodrigues, Jhennyfer A. L. AU - Tank, Jens AU - Fares, Thauane H. AU - Rodrigues, Karine P. AU - Souza, Hugo C. D. PY - 2021 DA - 2021/01/11 TI - Important differences between hypertensive middle-aged women and men in cardiovascular autonomic control—a critical appraisal JO - Biology of Sex Differences SP - 11 VL - 12 IS - 1 AB - Normotensive premenopausal women show a vagal predominance of cardiac autonomic modulation, whereas age-matched men show a predominance of sympathetic modulation. However, some women develop systemic arterial hypertension (SAH) even with preserved ovarian function. Our hypothesis is that these women may have cardiovascular autonomic parameters similar to those of hypertensive men, even when subjected to pharmacological treatment. We aimed to investigate cardiovascular autonomic control and baroreflex sensitivity (BRS) in hypertensive premenopausal women and age-matched men. SN - 2042-6410 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13293-020-00355-y DO - 10.1186/s13293-020-00355-y ID - Philbois2021 ER -