Allostatic load associations to acute, 3-year and 6-year prospective depressive symptoms in healthy older adults

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 360-364

  Juster, Robert Paul ^a,b,c   Marin, Marie France ^a,b,d   Sindi, Shireen ^a,b,c   Nair, N P Vasavan ^e   Ng, Ying Kin ^e   Pruessner, Jens C ^e   Lupien, Sonia J ^a,b  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE FERNAND SEGUIN   (Canada)

^b Centre for Studies on Human Stress   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allostatic load; Chronic stress; Cortisol; Geriatric depression; Pathophysiology

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHOLESTEROL; CORTISONE; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALLOSTASIS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79958802408     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2011.02.027     Document Type: Article

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