Diurnal cortisol patterns are associated with physical performance in the caerphilly prospective study

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1693-1702

  Gardner, Michael P ^a   Lightman, Stafford L ^a   Gallacher, John ^b   Hardy, Rebecca ^c   Kuh, Diana ^c   Ebrahim, Shah ^d   Bayer, Antony ^e   Ben shlomo, Yoav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Healthy ageing; HPA axis; Physical capability

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

AGING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DIURNAL VARIATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; SERUM;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DIURNAL CORTISOL PATTERN; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; WALKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; POSTURAL BALANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALIVA; SMOKING; WALKING;

EID: 83455258364     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyr113     Document Type: Article

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