Maternal Stress, Early Life Factors and Infant Salivary Cortisol Levels

• Main Authors: Caroline-Aleksi Olsson Mägi (Author), Åshild Wik Despriee (Author), Milada Cvancarova Småstuen (Author), Catarina Almqvist (Author), Fuad Bahram (Author), Egil Bakkeheim (Author), Anders Bjerg (Author), Kari Glavin (Author), Berit Granum (Author), Guttorm Haugen (Author), Gunilla Hedlin (Author), Christine Monceyron Jonassen (Author), Karin C. Lødrup Carlsen (Author), Eva Maria Rehbinder (Author), Leif-Bjarte Rolfsjord (Author), Anne Cathrine Staff (Author), Håvard Ove Skjerven (Author), Riyas Vettukattil (Author), Björn Nordlund (Author), Cilla Söderhäll (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: Salivary cortisol (SC), a commonly used biomarker for stress, may be disrupted by negative events in pregnancy, at birth and in infancy. We aimed to explore if maternal perceived stress (PSS) in or after pregnancy and SC levels in pregnancy were associated with SC in early infancy, and,...