Higher levels and blunted diurnal variation of cortisol in frail older women

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 190-195

  Varadhan, Ravi ^a,b,e   Walston, Jeremy ^a,b   Cappola, Anne R ^d   Carlson, Michelle C ^b,c   Wand, Gary S ^a   Fried, Linda P ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diurnal rhythm; Evening cortisol; Frailty; HPA axis; Salivary cortisol

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXHAUSTION; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; WEAKNESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; CHEMISTRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALIVA;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALIVA; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 42449111302     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/63.2.190     Document Type: Article

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