Defensive active coping facilitates chronic hyperglycaemia and endothelial dysfunction in African men: The SABPA study

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 999-1005

  Malan, L ^a   Hamer, M ^a,b   Schlaich, M P ^c   Lambert, G W ^c   Ziemssen, T ^d   Reimann, M ^d   Steyn, H S ^a   Schutte, R ^a   Smith, W ^a   Van Rooyen, J M ^a   Fourie, C M T ^a   Malan, N T ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Baker IDI Heart   (Australia)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Defensive coping; Endothelial dysfunction; Ethnicity; HbA1c

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUCASIAN; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HEART RATE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SILENT MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

DEFENSIVE COPING; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ETHNICITY; HBA1C;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOUTH AFRICA; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 84885382338     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.10.035     Document Type: Article

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