Salivary cortisol levels, but not salivary α-amylase levels, are elevated in patients with rheumatoid arthritis irrespective of depression

International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 172-177

  Kim, Hyoun Ah ^a   Jeon, Ja Young ^a   Koh, Bo Ram ^a   Park, Sat Byul ^a   Suh, Chang Hee ^a  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Alpha amylase; Cortisol; Depression; Rheumatoid arthritis; Saliva; Stress

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; HYDROCORTISONE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SALIVA LEVEL; STRESS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPLICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; HEART RATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SALIVA; STATISTICAL MODEL; UPREGULATION;

ADULT; ALPHA-AMYLASES; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BIOMARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SALIVA; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84958877177     PISSN: 17561841     EISSN: 1756185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1756-185X.12224     Document Type: Article

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