Effect of meditation on endothelial function in black Americans with metabolic syndrome: A randomized trial

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 591-599

  Vaccarino, Viola ^a,b   Kondwani, Kofi A ^c   Kelley, Mary E ^b   Murrah, Nancy V ^a   Boyd, Linda ^c   Ahmed, Yusuf ^b   Meng, Yuan X ^c   Gibbons, Gary H ^c   Hooper, W Craig ^d   De Staercke, Christine ^d   Quyyumi, Arshed A ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Endothelium; metabolic syndrome; obesity; stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CONSCIOUSLY RESTING MEDITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DILATATION; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FLOW MEDIATED DILATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDITATION; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 84880571223     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e31829ac4f4     Document Type: Article

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