Associations of Early Growth and Adult Adiposity with Patterns of Salivary Cortisol in Adulthood | Zendy

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Associations of Early Growth and Adult Adiposity with Patterns of Salivary Cortisol in Adulthood

Author(s) -

Chris Power,

Leah Li,

Clyde Hertzman

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206

H-Index - 353

eISSN - 1945-7197

pISSN - 0021-972X

DOI - 10.1210/jc.2006-0625

Subject(s) - medicine , anthropometry , body mass index , endocrinology , context (archaeology) , obesity , waist–hip ratio , waist , hydrocortisone , glucocorticoid , cohort , cortisol awakening response , birth weight , saliva , demography , pregnancy , biology , genetics , sociology , paleontology

Early growth and obesity are associated with adult chronic disease. A suspected mediator is the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and cortisol regulation. Our prior hypothesis was that cortisol levels are affected by anthropometry at several life stages.

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