Testosterone suppression in men with prostate cancer leads to an increase in arterial stiffness and hyperinsulinaemia

Clinical Science

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 195-201

  Dockery, Frances ^a   Bulpitt, Christopher J ^a   Agarwal, Sanjiv ^a   Donaldson, Mandy ^a   Rajkumar, Chakravarthi ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Androgen; Arterial compliance; Insulin

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; FLUTAMIDE; GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE; GOSERELIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; SULFONYLUREA DERIVATIVE; TESTOSTERONE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA FLOW; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PULSE WAVE; RIGIDITY; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; AORTA; CAROTID ARTERIES; COMPLIANCE; GOSERELIN; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; HYPERINSULINISM; INSULIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TESTOSTERONE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0037326906     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/CS20020209     Document Type: Article

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