Salivary alpha amylase diurnal pattern and stress response are associated with body mass index in low-income preschool-aged children

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 53, Issue , 2015, Pages 40-48

  Miller, Alison L ^a,b   Sturza, Julie ^a   Rosenblum, Katherine ^a,c   Vazquez, Delia M ^a,c   Kaciroti, Niko ^a   Lumeng, Julie C ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; Low income; Obesity; Salivary alpha amylase (sAA); Stress

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; ALPHA AMYLASE SALIVA ISOENZYME;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CHRONIC STRESS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE STRESS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SALIVA LEVEL; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; POVERTY; SALIVA; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; OBESITY; POVERTY; SALIVA; SALIVARY ALPHA-AMYLASES; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84922782100     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2014.12.011     Document Type: Article

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