Gender Differences in Psychophysiological Responses to Speech Stress Among Older Social Phobics
Congruence and Incongruence Between Self-Evaluative and Cardiovascular Reactions
Paul Grossman, PhD,
Frank H. Wilhelm, PhD,
Ichiro Kawachi, MD and
David Sparrow, DSc
From Breathing Space: Institute for Yoga, Meditation, and Health (P.G.), Freiburg, Germany; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University (F.H.W.), Stanford, CA; Harvard School of Public Health (I.K.), Boston, MA; and US Department of Veterans Affairs and Boston University School of Medicine (D.S.), Boston, MA.

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Fig. 1. Heart rate by gender and diagnostic group.
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Fig. 2. Systolic and diastolic blood pressures by gender and diagnostic group.
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Fig. 3. Left ventricular stroke volume by gender and diagnostic group.
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Fig. 4. Cardiac output by gender and diagnostic group.
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Fig. 5. Systemic vascular resistance by gender and diagnostic group.
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Fig. 6. Respiratory sinus arrhythmia by gender and diagnostic group.
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Fig. 7. Cardiac baroreflex sensitivity by gender and diagnostic group.
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Fig. 8. Systolic blood pressure spectral power (0.10 Hz) by gender and diagnostic group.
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