Cortisol, estrogens and risk of ischaemic heart disease, cancer and all-cause mortality in postmenopausal women: a prospective cohort study | Zendy

Naja Hulvej Rod | Zendy; Thomas Kristensen | Zendy; Finn Diderichsen | Zendy; Eva Prescott | Zendy; Gorm Boje Jensen | Zendy; Åse Marie Hansen | Zendy

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Cortisol, estrogens and risk of ischaemic heart disease, cancer and all-cause mortality in postmenopausal women: a prospective cohort study

Author(s) -

Naja Hulvej Rod,

Thomas Kristensen,

Finn Diderichsen,

Eva Prescott,

Gorm Boje Jensen,

Åse Marie Hansen

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyp354

Subject(s) - medicine , prospective cohort study , ischaemic heart disease , biomarker , hormone , cancer , cohort study , disease , estrogen , cohort , postmenopausal women , endocrinology , physiology , oncology , biochemistry , chemistry

Chronic stress may affect morbidity and mortality through neuroendocrine changes, and the ratio of cortisol to sex steroid hormones has been suggested as a biomarker of stress. We aim to address a relation between the ratio of cortisol to estrogens (C/E) and risk of ischaemic heart disease (IHD), hormone-dependent cancers and all-cause mortality among postmenopausal women.

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