Urinary free cortisol levels among depressed men and women: Differential relationships to age and symptom severity?

Archives of Women's Mental Health

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 73-78

  Grant, M M ^a   Friedman, E S ^b   Haskett, R F ^b   Riso, L P ^c   Thase, M E ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Cortisol; Depression; HPA; Severity; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; PLACEBO; SERTRALINE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 34047200340     PISSN: 14341816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00737-007-0171-2     Document Type: Article

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