Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Associations of Chronic Posttraumatic Stress Disorder With Inflammatory and Endothelial Function Markers in Women

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2017, Pages 875-884

  Sumner, Jennifer A ^a,c   Chen, Qixuan ^b   Roberts, Andrea L ^c   Winning, Ashley ^c   Rimm, Eric B ^c,d   Gilsanz, Paola ^c   Glymour, M Maria ^f   Tworoger, Shelley S ^c,d   Koenen, Karestan C ^c,e   Kubzansky, Laura D ^c  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Endothelial cell adhesion molecules; Inflammation; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Trauma; Women

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA RECEPTOR; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR 2;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL HISTORY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME TO TREATMENT; AGED; BLOOD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPLICATION; FOLLOW UP; INFLAMMATION; LEAST SQUARE ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; NURSE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; BIOMARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE-1; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR, TYPE II; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE-1;

EID: 85026641081     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2017.06.020     Document Type: Article

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