Diurnal salivary cortisol patterns prior to pregnancy predict infant birth weight

Health Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 625-633

  Guardino, Christine M ^a   Schetter, Christine Dunkel ^a   Saxbe, Darby E ^b   Adam, Emma K ^c   Ramey, Sharon Landesman ^d   Shalowitz, Madeleine U ^e,f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA TECH CARILION SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTHSYSTEM   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^g Eunice Kennedy Shriver Institute of Child Health and Human Development   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth; Cortisol; HPA axis; Interpregnancy; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COHABITATION; COMMUNITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INCOME; INFANT; MOTHER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; SALIVA LEVEL; ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL WELFARE; METABOLISM; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MATERNAL HEALTH; MOTHERS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84968662201     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/hea0000313     Document Type: Article

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