Depressed autonomic nervous system function in African Americans and individuals of lower social class: A potential mechanism of race- and class-related disparities in health outcomes

American Heart Journal

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 153-160

  Lampert, Rachel ^a   Ickovics, Jeannette ^b   Horwitz, Ralph ^c   Lee, Forrester ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; BEHAVIOR; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLLEGE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATION; OUTPATIENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 23244456259     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2004.08.008     Document Type: Article

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