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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-4-21
pubmed:abstractText
Children (N = 324 boys, 315 girls) between the ages of 2.5 and 6 (mean age = 3.63) were identified in a house to house survey in low-income areas (income <20th percentile nationally) of urban Mexico. The Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression Scale was administered to mothers of all children. Salivary cortisol samples were taken in children as a measure of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical (HPA) system activity at time of arrival (baseline, Time 0), 25 min after arrival (Time 1), and 50 min after arrival (Time 2). Between Time 0 and Time 1, children were administered several cognitive tests. Results of hierarchical linear modeling analyses revealed that higher levels of maternal depressive symptoms were associated with lower baseline cortisol levels in their children (p < .05), while controlling for age, gender, and time since awakening. Higher levels of maternal depressive symptoms were associated with less of an increase in salivary cortisol to the arrival of the experimenters and subsequent cognitive testing (p < .05). All results were moderated by gender, with enhanced cortisol response in girls and no response in boys. These results suggest that among very low-income families, high maternal depressive symptoms are associated with hypoactivity of the HPA system in children, particularly boys.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1469-2198
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
20
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
423-36
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18423087-Arousal, pubmed-meshheading:18423087-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:18423087-Child of Impaired Parents, pubmed-meshheading:18423087-Depressive Disorder, pubmed-meshheading:18423087-Female, pubmed-meshheading:18423087-Health Surveys, pubmed-meshheading:18423087-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:18423087-Hydrocortisone, pubmed-meshheading:18423087-Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System, pubmed-meshheading:18423087-Language Tests, pubmed-meshheading:18423087-Male, pubmed-meshheading:18423087-Maternal Behavior, pubmed-meshheading:18423087-Mexico, pubmed-meshheading:18423087-Mothers, pubmed-meshheading:18423087-Neuropsychological Tests, pubmed-meshheading:18423087-Object Attachment, pubmed-meshheading:18423087-Personality Assessment, pubmed-meshheading:18423087-Personality Development, pubmed-meshheading:18423087-Pituitary-Adrenal System, pubmed-meshheading:18423087-Poverty, pubmed-meshheading:18423087-Risk Factors, pubmed-meshheading:18423087-Saliva, pubmed-meshheading:18423087-Sex Factors, pubmed-meshheading:18423087-Urban Population
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Salivary cortisol levels in children of low-income women with high depressive symptomatology.
pubmed:affiliation
University of California, Berkeley, 50 University Hall, MC 7360, Berkeley, CA94720-7360, USA. fernald@berkeley.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural