Depression and 24-hour urinary cortisol in medical outpatients with coronary heart disease: The Heart and Soul Study
Biological PsychiatryPublished 1 August 2004Open access
Christian Otte, Charles R. Marmar, Sharon Pipkin, Rudolf H. Moos, Warren S. Browner, Mary A. Whooley
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In patients with CHD, depression is associated with elevated cortisol levels, and elevated cortisol was not associated with worse cardiac function.
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In patients with CHD,depression is associated with elevated cortisol levels.
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