The cortisol awakening response and the metabolic syndrome in a population-based sample of middle-aged men and women

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1012-1019

  Bengtsson, Inger ^a,c   Lissner, Lauren ^a,c   Ljung, Thomas ^a,b,c   Rosengren, Annika ^a,c   Thelle, Dag ^a,c   Währborg, Peter ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

^c Institute of Basic Medical Sciences   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTISOL AWAKENING RESPONSE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SALIVA LEVEL; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 77952936214     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2009.10.024     Document Type: Article

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