Prolactin, testosterone and cortisol as possible markers of changes in cardiovascular function associated with urbanization

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 829-835

  Huisman, H W ^a   Van Rooyen, J M ^a   Malan, N T ^a   Eloff, F C ^a   Malan, L ^a   Laubscher, P J ^a   Schutte, A E ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular reactivity; Cortisol; Hypertension; Prolactin; Testosterone; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; HYDROCORTISONE; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD VESSEL COMPLIANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DYNAMOMETRY; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERTENSION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEGRO; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZATION; REST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; URBANIZATION; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; PROLACTIN; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STROKE VOLUME; SYSTOLE; TESTOSTERONE; URBANIZATION; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0036963967     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1001493     Document Type: Article

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