High long-term cortisol levels, measured in scalp hair, are associated with a history of cardiovascular disease

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2078-2083

  Manenschijn, L ^a   Schaap, L ^b   Van Schoor, N M ^b   Van Der Pas, S ^b   Peeters, G M E E ^b,c   Lips, P ^b   Koper, J W ^a   Van Rossum, E F C ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR LEVEL; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE HAIR LEVEL; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCALP HAIR; STRESS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NETHERLANDS; RISK FACTORS; SCALP; SELF REPORT; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84877716099     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2012-3663     Document Type: Article

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