ชื่องานวิจัย : Lowering Cortisol and CVD Risk in Postmenopausal Women A Pilot Study Using the Transcendental Meditation Program
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ผู้แต่ง : Kenneth G. Walton
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ชื่อวารสาร : Acad. Sci.
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ฉบับที่ : 1032
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ปีที่วิจัย : 2004
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บทคัดย่อไทย-อังกฤษ(Abstract) :
Unlike younger women, the risk of cardiovascular disease in older women matches or exceeds that of men. Excessive cortisol may play a role in this increased risk. Here we explore the possibility that the Transcendental Meditation (TM) program may reduce the cortisol response to a metabolic stressor as a way of reducing disease risk in older women. Data from 16 women who were long-term practitioners of transcendental meditation (mean = 23 y) were compared with data from 14 control women matched for age (mean = 75 y, range = 65-92 y). Data on demographics, disease symptoms, and psychological variables were collected, and cortisol response to a metabolic stressor (75 g of glucose, orally) was examined in saliva and urine. Pre-glucose levels of salivary cortisol were identical for the two groups. Post-glucose cortisol rose faster in the controls and was significantly higher than that in the TM women (P < 1 _ 10-4). Urinary excretion of cortisol during this period was 3 times higher in controls than in the TM women (2.4 ± 0.17 and 0.83 ± 0.10 μg/h, respectively; P = 2 _ 10-4). In addition, the number of months practicing transcendental meditation was inversely correlated with CVD risk factors. Lower cortisolresponse to metabolic challenge may reflect improved endocrine regulation relevant to the disease-preventing effects of transcendental meditation in older women. |
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เจ้าของงานวิจัย : Kenneth G. Walton, et al.
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