Association between trait anxiety and endothelial function observed in elderly males but not in young males

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 947-954

  Narita, Kosuke ^a   Murata, Tetsuhito ^a   Hamada, Toshihiko ^a   Takahashi, Tetsuya ^a   Kosaka, Hirotaka ^a   Yoshida, Haruyoshi ^a   Wada, Yuji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Elderly subject; Endothelial function; Trait anxiety

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDOTHELIUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPEREMIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RISK FACTOR; ULTRASOUND; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANXIETY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CHOLESTEROL; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TEST ANXIETY SCALE; VASODILATION;

EID: 34548071368     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610206004571     Document Type: Article

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