Testosterone and acute stress are associated with fibrinogen and von Willebrand factor in African men: The SABPA study

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 168, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 4638-4642

  Malan, Nicolaas T ^a   Von Känel, Roland ^b,c   Schutte, Alta E ^a   Huisman, Hugo W ^a   Schutte, Rudolph ^a   Smith, Wayne ^a   Mels, Carina M ^a   Kruger, Ruan ^a   Meiring, Muriel ^d   Van Rooyen, Johannes M ^a   Malan, Leoné ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acute stress; D dimer; Fibrinogen; Haemostasis; Testosterone; von Willebrand factor

Indexed keywords

CITRIC ACID; D DIMER; FIBRINOGEN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; TESTOSTERONE; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ACUTE STRESS; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR STRESS; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SALIVA LEVEL; STROOP TEST; VENOUS BLOOD;

ACUTE STRESS; D-DIMER; FIBRINOGEN; HAEMOSTASIS; TESTOSTERONE; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FIBRINOGEN; HEMOSTASIS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TESTOSTERONE; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

EID: 84886428787     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.07.191     Document Type: Article

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