The association of lower testosterone level with coronary artery disease in postmenopausal women

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-57

  Kaczmarek, Agnieszka ^a   Reczuch, Krzysztof ^a   Majda, Jacek ^a   Banasiak, Waldemar ^a   Ponikowski, Piotr ^a  

^a MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Poland)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Testosterone; Women

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LIPOPROTEIN A; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK FACTOR; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0037212783     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(02)00203-6     Document Type: Article

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