Cortisol, testosterone, and coronary heart disease: Prospective evidence from the caerphilly study

Circulation

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 332-340

  Smith, George Davey ^a   Ben Shlomo, Yoav ^a   Beswick, Andrew ^a   Yarnell, John ^b   Lightman, Stafford ^a   Elwood, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heart diseases; Hormones; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; UNITED KINGDOM;

HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INCIDENCE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 22544473369     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.104.489088     Document Type: Article

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