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

Naja Hulvej Rod, Tage S. Kristensen, Finn Diderichsen, Eva Prescott, Gorm Boje Jensen, Åse Marie Hansen, Naja Hulvej Rod, Tage S. Kristensen, Finn Diderichsen, Eva Prescott, Gorm B Jensen, Ase Marie Hansen

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    Abstract

    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.
    OriginalsprogEngelsk
    TidsskriftInternational Journal of Epidemiology
    Vol/bind39
    Udgave nummer2
    Sider (fra-til)530-8
    Antal sider9
    ISSN0300-5771
    DOI
    StatusUdgivet - 1 apr. 2010

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