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Abstract
Urinary excretion of free noradrenaline and adrenaline during 24 h in 265 individuals was determined and related to sex, age, and hypertension as one indicator of the average sympathetic drive. Noradrenaline was found to correlate positively with age in healthy individuals. Noradrenaline and adrenaline were lower in healthy women than in men during the first half of life expectancy. Catecholamine excretion was similar in men and women in the second half of life expectancy. In hypertensive individuals, catecholamine excretion was slightly higher in the first half, and significantly higher in the second half of life expectancy. We assume that the differences in catecholamine excretion can contribute to the sex-and age-related differences in incidence of cardiovascular diseases, such as hypertension and coronary heart disease.Entities:
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Year: 1986 PMID： 3698984 DOI： 10.1007/bf00422886
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur J Appl Physiol Occup Physiol ISSN： 0301-5548