Serum Cholesterol and Thyroxine in Young Women during Mental Stress

O. J. Kirkeby; Cecilie Risöe; K. Kirkeby

doi:10.1055/s-0029-1210355

Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology & Diabetes, Table of Contents

Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 1984; 83(3): 361-363
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1210355

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Serum Cholesterol and Thyroxine in Young Women during Mental Stress

O. J. Kirkeby, Cecilie Risöe, K. Kirkeby

Department of Medicine, Baerum Hospital (Head: K. Kirkeby), Baerum/Norway

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Summary

In nine female medical students we found an increase of 20 percent in mean cholesterol level during an important examination. A decrease in thyroxine was found but there was no correlation with cholesterol changes.

Key words

Mental stress - cholesterol increase - thyroxine decrease

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