Racial and ethnic differences in diurnal cortisol rhythms: Are they consistent over time?

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 6-15

  Desantis, Amy S ^a   Adam, Emma K ^b   Hawkley, Louise C ^c   Kudielka, Brigitte M ^d   Cacioppo, John T ^e  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GANDHINAGAR   (India)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Health disparities; HPA axis; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUCASIAN; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; CHRONIC STRESS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION ASSESSMENT; DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS SCALE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE SALIVA LEVEL; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SALIVA LEVEL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; WAKEFULNESS; CHEMISTRY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; SALIVA;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RISK FACTORS; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84925863208     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0000000000000131     Document Type: Article

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