RELATIONSHIPS OF STRESS, TRANQUILIZERS, AND SERUM CHOLESTEROL LEVELS IN A SAMPLE POPULATION UNDER STUDY FOR CORONARY HEART DISEASE1
- 1 May 1966
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in American Journal of Epidemiology
- Vol. 83 (3) , 537-547
- https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a120605
Abstract
An association of serum cholesterol levels with the use of tranquilizing drugs was observed in a sample population under study for coronary heart disease. For the 68 men taking tranquilizers, the mean cholesterol was 274 mg %; for the 1,073 men not taking tranquilizers, the mean was 251 mg %. While the use of tranquilizers was associated with certain measures of stress, the high cholesterol levels among men taking these drugs occur independently of the stress indicators used in this study. The high cholesterol levels in men on tranquilizers could not be accounted for by the individual factors studied, including body weight, blood pressure, physical activity, smoking habits, and underlying diseases and conditions.Keywords
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