Prospective Relations Between Prenatal Maternal Cortisol and Child Health Outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of the study was to investigate prospective, longitudinal associations between maternal prenatal cortisol response to an interpersonal stressor and child health for the subsequent 3 years.

Methods

One hundred twenty-three women expecting their first child provided salivary cortisol samples between 12 and 32 weeks of gestation (M (SD) = 22.4 (4.9) weeks) before and after a videotaped couple conflict discussion with their partner. Mothers reported on overall child health and several indicators of child illness (sick doctor visits, fevers, ear, and respiratory infections) when children were 6 months (n = 114), 1 (n = 116), and 3 (n = 105) years old. Associations between maternal prenatal cortisol reactivity and recovery and later child health at each of the th

SUBMITTER: Roettger ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6696945 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul/Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature