Associations Between Perceived Stress and Cortisol Biomarkers in Predominantly Latino Adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The relationship between cortisol and perceived stress is poorly understood. We sought to determine whether perceived stress is associated with cortisol biomarkers in adolescents.

Methods

We examined 229 adolescents (mean age = 15.8 years). We measured perceived stress with the 14-item Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) questionnaire, serum cortisol (sCOR), salivary Cortisol Awakening Response (CAR: 30-minute post-awakening - awakening), salivary Diurnal Cortisol Slope (DCS: evening-awakening), and total daily salivary cortisol (TDC). We used multivariable linear regression to estimate baseline associations between PSS, TDC, sCOR, and FBG. We used mixed effects linear regression to estimate baseline associations between PSS and CAR and DCS. We tested twelve-week longitud

SUBMITTER: Sanogo F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11601828 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature