Salivary cortisol in a middle-aged community sample: Results from 990 men and women of the KORA-F3 Augsburg study

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 443-451

  Lederbogen, Florian ^a   Kühner, Christine ^a   Kirschbaum, Clemens ^b   Meisinger, Christa ^c   Lammich, Josefine ^a   Holle, Rolf ^c   Krumm, Bertram ^a   Von Lengerke, Thomas ^d   Wichmann, Heinz Erich ^c,e   Deuschle, Michael ^a   Ladwig, Karl Heinz ^c  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GENDER; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALIVA LEVEL; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SALIVA; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 77956282006     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-10-0491     Document Type: Article

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