Cortisol responses to mental stress and incident hypertension in healthy men and women

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Hamer, Mark ^a   Steptoe, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LIPID;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84855483720     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2011-2132     Document Type: Article

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