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Defensive coping facilitated a smaller cortisol-to-estradiol ratio and a higher hypertension risk: the SABPA study
Malan, Leoné; De Kock, Andrea; Hamer, Mark; Cockeran, Marike; Malan, Nicolaas Theodor (Taylor & Francis, 2018)Objectives: Taxing psychosocial stress and defensive coping have been associated with hypoactivity in cortisol, a vasoconstrictive agent. Estradiol has vasodilatory properties with cardio- and neuroprotective effects. It ...