Caregivers' hair cortisol: a possible biomarker of chronic stress is associated with obesity measures among children with disabilities

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Chen, Xiaoli ^a   Gelaye, Bizu ^a   Velez, Juan C ^b   Barbosa, Clarita ^b   Pepper, Micah ^b   Andrade, Asterio ^b   Gao, Wei ^c   Kirschbaum, Clemens ^c   Williams, Michelle A ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Club de Leones Cruz del Sur Rehabilitation Center   (Chile)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adiposity; Caregiver; Child; Chronic stress; Disability; Hair cortisol

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR LEVEL; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HIP CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK CIRCUMFERENCE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; YOUNG ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CAREGIVER; CHEMISTRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HAIR; MENTAL STRESS; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOMARKERS; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED CHILDREN; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927738407     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12887-015-0322-y     Document Type: Article

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