Cortisol effects on body mass, blood pressure, and cholesterol in the general population

Hypertension

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1364-1368

  Fraser, Robert ^a   Ingram, Mary C ^a   Anderson, Niall H ^a   Morrison, Caroline ^b   Davies, Eleanor ^a   Connell, John M C ^a  

^a WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Body mass index; Cholesterol; Glucocorticoids

Indexed keywords

11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROCORTISONE; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; TETRAHYDROCORTISOL; TETRAHYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEROID EXCRETION; STEROID METABOLISM;

EID: 0033018598     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.33.6.1364     Document Type: Article

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