Altered control of cortisol secretion in adult men with low birth weight and cardiovascular risk factors
It has been suggested that increased activity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis may link low birth weight with subsequent development of cardiovascular risk factors and disease. Two hundred and five men, aged 66-77 yr, who were born and still live in East Hertfordshire underwent an overnigh...
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2001-01.
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