Sex differences in biological markers of health in the study of stress, aging and health in Russia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Oksuzyan, Anna ^a,b   Shkolnikova, Maria ^c   Vaupel, James W ^a,d   Christensen, Kaare ^b,d,e   Shkolnikov, Vladimir M ^a,f  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c PIROGOV RUSSIAN NATIONAL RESEARCH MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d Max Planck Odense Center on the Biodemography of Aging   (Denmark)

^e ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^f NEW ECONOMIC SCHOOL   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLYCOSYLATION; HEALTH STATUS; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTENSION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS; SURVIVAL RATE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; HEALTH; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

AGED; AGING; BIOMARKERS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMANS; MALE; RUSSIA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84938634551     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0131691     Document Type: Article

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