Maternal rotating night shift work before pregnancy and offspring stress markers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Recent studies suggest an intergenerational influence of stress such that maternal exposure even before pregnancy could impact offspring health outcomes later in life. In humans, investigations on the impact of maternal stressors on offspring health outcomes, including stress-sensitive biomarkers, have largely been limited to extreme stressors. Prior studies have not addressed more moderate maternal stressors, such as rotating night shift work, on offspring stress markers in young adulthood.

Methods

We investigated the association between maternal rotating night shift work before conception and offspring salivary cortisol and alpha amylase (sAA) patterns in young adulthood among mothers enrolled in the Nurses' Health Study II (NHSII) and their offspring participat

SUBMITTER: Strohmaier S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8294042 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature