Does autonomic function link social position to coronary risk? The Whitehall II study

Circulation

Volumn 111, Issue 23, 2005, Pages 3071-3077

  Hemingway, Harry ^a   Shipley, Martin ^a   Brunner, Eric ^a   Britton, Annie ^a   Malik, Marek ^b   Marmot, Michael ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disparities; Metabolism; Psychosocial factors; Social factors; Stress

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; DIET; EMPLOYMENT; EXERCISE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEART FUNCTION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

AGED; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CORONARY DISEASE; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 20544441994     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.104.497347     Document Type: Article

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