Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 68, Issue 2 , Pages 139-147 , February 2010

Alexithymia, hypertension, and subclinical atherosclerosis in the general population

  • Hans Joergen Grabe

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychiatry, HANSE-Klinikum Stralsund, University of Greifswald, Rostocker Chaussee 70, 18437 Stralsund, Germany. Tel.: +49 (0) 3831/45 2106; fax: +49 (0) 3831/45 2105.
    • These authors contributed equally to the paper.
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  • Christian Schwahn

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Community Medicine, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
    • These authors contributed equally to the paper.
    • ,
  • Sven Barnow

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
    • ,
  • Carsten Spitzer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
    • ,
  • Ulrich John

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
    • ,
  • Harald J. Freyberger

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
    • ,
  • Ulf Schminke

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
    • ,
  • Stephan Felix

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine B, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
    • ,
  • Henry Völzke

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Community Medicine, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany

Received 10 March 2009 ,Revised 13 July 2009 ,Accepted 21 July 2009.

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☆ The work is part of the Community Medicine Research Net of the University of Greifswald, Germany, which is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (grant no. ZZ9603), the Ministry of Cultural Affairs, as well as the Social Ministry of the Federal State of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania.

☆☆ There are no conflicts of interest. See Appendix A for financial support in the past 3 years.

PII: S0022-3999(09)00280-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2009.07.015

Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 68, Issue 2 , Pages 139-147 , February 2010

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