Open AccessCortisol, Testosterone, and Coronary Heart Disease
Author(s) -
George Davey Smith,
Yoav Ben–Shlomo,
Andrew D Beswick,
John Yarnell,
Stafford L. Lightman,
P C Elwood
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.104.489088
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , prospective cohort study , testosterone (patch) , insulin resistance , endocrinology , confounding , population , cohort study , confidence interval , insulin , environmental health
There is a popular belief that chronic stress causes heart disease through psychoneuroendocrine mechanisms. We have examined whether an elevated circulating cortisol-to-testosterone ratio increases the risk of ischemic heart disease.
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