Loneliness is a unique predictor of age-related differences in systolic blood pressure

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 152-164

  Hawkley, Louise C ^a,c   Masi, Christopher M ^a   Berry, Jarett D ^a,b   Cacioppo, John T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Blood pressure; Loneliness; Psychosocial stress

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CREATININE; HYDROCORTISONE; NORADRENALIN;

ADRENALIN URINE LEVEL; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORADRENALIN URINE LEVEL; PREDICTION; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CATECHOLAMINES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CREATININE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33747039463     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.21.1.152     Document Type: Article

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