| Hair cortisol and the risk for acute myocardial infarction in adult men. | |
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PMID: 20812871 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
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Acute stress is increasingly recognized as a precipitant of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). However, the role of chronic stress in developing AMI is less clear. We have developed a method to measure cortisol in hair, which allows longitudinal assessment of cortisol levels prior to an acute event. We aimed to evaluate the hypothesis that chronic stress, as assessed by hair cortisol content, is associated with the development of AMI. A prospective case-control study included 56 patients admitted to hospital with AMI and 56 control patients, admitted to internal medicine wards for other indications. An enzyme immunoassay technique was used to measure cortisol in the most proximal 3 cm of hair, considered to represent the most recent 3 months of exposure. Median hair cortisol contents (range) were 295.3 (105.4-809.3)ng/g in AMI patients and 224.9 (76.58-949.9)ng/g in controls (p = 0.006, Mann-Whitney U-test). After controlling for other risk factors for AMI using multiple logistic regression, log-transformed hair cortisol content remained the strongest predictor (OR 17.4, 95% CI 2.15-140.5; p = 0.007). We demonstrated elevated hair cortisol concentrations in patients with AMI. This suggests that chronic stress, as assessed by increased hair cortisol in the 3 months prior to the event, may be a contributing factor for AMI. |
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David Pereg; Rachel Gow; Morris Mosseri; Michael Lishner; Michael Rieder; Stan Van Uum; Gideon Koren |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Date: 2010-09-02 |
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Title: Stress (Amsterdam, Netherlands) Volume: 14 ISSN: 1607-8888 ISO Abbreviation: Stress Publication Date: 2011 Jan |
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Created Date: 2010-12-20 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9617529 Medline TA: Stress Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 73-81 Citation Subset: IM |
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Cardiology Division, Meir Medical Center, Kfar-Saba, Israel. |
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