Cortisol diurnal patterns, associations with depressive symptoms, and the impact of intervention in older adults: Results using modern robust methods aimed at dealing with low power due to violations of standard assumptions

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 219-225

  Wilcox, Rand R ^a   Granger, Douglas A ^b   Szanton, Sarah ^c,d   Clark, Florence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol awakening response; Depressive symptoms; Robust statistical techniques; Well Elderly II study; Well being

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VERY ELDERLY; WELLBEING; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; RISK REDUCTION; SALIVA; SECRETION (PROCESS); STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SALIVA; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 84896831660     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2014.01.005     Document Type: Article

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