Stress, Atherosclerosis and ECG Study

• Conditions: I25.0; F43; Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, so described; Reaction to severe stress, and adjustment disorders

• Registration Number: DRKS00015209
• Lead Sponsor: niversitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf Universitäres Herzzentrum Hamburg Allgemeine und Interventionelle Kardiologie

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Completion: 2007-02-27
• Study Start: 2019-02-07
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 215

Inclusion Criteria

Members of the legal health insurance DAK not on any medical treatment but for hormonal anticonception, hormone replacement therapy or thyroid hormones for hypothyroidism in equal proportions of men and women in the decades between 30 and 70 years.

Exclusion Criteria

Current or previous cardiovascular diseases, conventional risk factors (smoking, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia)

Study & Design

• Study Type: observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Correlation of psychological data as to stress and depressive symptoms, components of the metabolic syndrome, ECG-parameters and vessel wall thickness.