Body size at birth predicts hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis response to psychosocial stress at age 60 to 70 years

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 4094-4100

  Kajantie, Eero ^a,b   Feldt, Kimmo ^c   Räikkönen, Katri ^c   Phillips, David I W ^d   Osmond, Clive ^d   Heinonen, Kati ^c   Pesonen, Anu Katriina ^c   Andersson, Sture ^b   Barker, David J P ^d,e   Eriksson, Johan G ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE;

AGING; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY SIZE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPERCORTISOLISM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOASSAY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NEWBORN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; STRESS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 35948943083     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2007-1539     Document Type: Article

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