Body mass index, abdominal adiposity, obesity, and cardiovascular reactions to psychological stress in a large community sample

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 653-660

  Carroll, Douglas ^a   Phillips, Anna C ^a   Der, Geoff ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adiposity; Blood pressure; Heart rate; Obesity; Reactivity

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; ABDOMINAL FAT; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART RATE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 52049108508     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e31817b9382     Document Type: Article

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