Journal article
Socioeconomic and race/ethnic differences in daily salivary cortisol profiles: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis
Psychoneuroendocrinology, v 35(6), pp 932-943
01 Jul 2010
PMID: 20116177
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Abstract
It has often been hypothesized that stress and its biological consequences mediate the relationship between low socioeconomic status (SES) or minority status and poor cardiovascular disease outcomes. The objective of this study was to determine if daily cortisol patterns, a biomarker of the stress response, differ by race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status. Data were collected from 935 Black, White and Hispanic adults age 48–90 years old. Salivary cortisol samples were collected six times per day over 3 days: at awakening, 30
min later, at 1000
h, noon, 1800
h and at bedtime. Blacks and Hispanics had lower levels of wake-up cortisol and less steep early declines, while Blacks had flatter and Hispanics steeper late day declines relative to Whites. Similarly the low socioeconomic status group also had lower levels of wake-up cortisol and less steep decline during the early part of the day. These patterns remained after adjustment for health behaviors and psychosocial factors. This study finds an association between salivary cortisol and race/ethnicity and SES in a multi-ethnic study population. Further work is needed to determine the health consequences of these differences.
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- Title
- Socioeconomic and race/ethnic differences in daily salivary cortisol profiles: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis
- Creators
- Anjum Hajat - University of WashingtonAna Diez-Roux - University of MichiganTracy G. Franklin - University of MichiganTeresa Seeman - University of California, Los AngelesSandi Shrager - University of WashingtonNalini Ranjit - University of MichiganCecilia Castro - Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, 722 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, United StatesKarol Watson - University of California, Los AngelesBrisa Sanchez - University of MichiganClemens Kirschbaum - Technische Universität Dresden, Department of Psychology, 01062 Dresden, Germany
- Publication Details
- Psychoneuroendocrinology, v 35(6), pp 932-943
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Number of pages
- 12
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Urban Health Collaborative; Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000279078100015
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-77953024699
- Other Identifier
- 991014877956004721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Endocrinology & Metabolism
- Neurosciences
- Psychiatry