The association of work stress and glycemic status is partially mediated by autonomic nervous system function: Cross-sectional results from the Mannheim Industrial Cohort Study (MICS)

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Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2016, Pages

  Jarczok, Marc N ^a,b   Koenig, Julian ^c   Li, Jian ^d   Mauss, Daniel ^e   Hoffmann, Kristina ^a   Schmidt, Burkhard ^a   Fischer, Joachim E ^a   Thayer, Julian F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e Allianz AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INFLAMMATION; JOB STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY PREVENTION; WORKPLACE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; GERMANY; HEART RATE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDIABETIC STATE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD GLUCOSE; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREDIABETIC STATE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84984799801     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0160743     Document Type: Article

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