A day-centered approach to modeling cortisol: Diurnal cortisol profiles and their associations among U.S. adults

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2354-2365

  Dmitrieva, Natalia O ^a   Almeida, David M ^b   Dmitrieva, Julia ^c   Loken, Eric ^b   Pieper, Carl F ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Daily diary; Diurnal rhythm; HPA axis; Latent growth curve modeling; Mixture modeling; Salivary cortisol; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; DAY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GROWTH MIXTURE MODELING; HEALTH STATUS; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; MEAL; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SALIVA LEVEL; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP; SMOKING; STRESS; UNITED STATES; WAKEFULNESS;

AGING; DAILY DIARY; DIURNAL RHYTHM; HPA AXIS; LATENT GROWTH CURVE MODELING; MIXTURE MODELING; SALIVARY CORTISOL; STRESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SALIVA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883855050     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2013.05.003     Document Type: Article

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