ArticleNeuropsychiatric disease and treatment2010
Relationship between hair cortisol concentrations and depressive symptoms in patients with coronary artery disease.
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- Cross-sectional relation of long-term glucocorticoids in hair with anthropometric measurements and their possible determinants: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2022Pooled it
- Correlates of cortisol in human hair: implications for epidemiologic studies on health effects of chronic stress.Annals of epidemiology · 2013Pooled it
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- Chronic adrenocortical activity and onset of Takotsubo syndrome.European journal of cardiovascular nursing · 2026Observational
- Hair cortisol outperforms urinary free cortisol in diagnosing Cushing's syndrome: a cross-sectional study.Hormones (Athens, Greece) · 2026Article
- Perceived stress precedes declines in Well-being: A prospective study of stress, well-being, hair cortisol, and low-grade inflammation in hospital employees.Brain, behavior, & immunity - health · 2026Article
- Hair cortisol change at COVID-19 pandemic onset predicts burnout among health personnel.Psychoneuroendocrinology · 2022Article
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- Toxic stress, health and nutrition among Brazilian children in shelters.BMC pediatrics · 2021Article
- Parity-related variation in cortisol concentrations in hair during pregnancy.BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology · 2021Article
- Examining the Relationship Between Hair Cortisol With Stress-Related and Transdiagnostic Subclinical Measures.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
- Methods of Assessment of the Welfare of Shelter Cats: A Review.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2020Review
- Cortisol levels in unmedicated patients with unipolar and bipolar major depression using hair and saliva specimens.International journal of bipolar disorders · 2020Article
- The relationship between coronary artery disease and depression and anxiety scores.Northern clinics of Istanbul · 2020Review
- Hair cortisol and depressive symptoms in youth: An investigation of curvilinear relationships.Psychoneuroendocrinology · 2019Article
- Using path analysis to investigate the relationships between depression, anxiety, and health-related quality of life among patients with coronary artery disease.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2019Article
- Cardiovascular Disease and Hair Cortisol: a Novel Biomarker of Chronic Stress.Current cardiology reports · 2019Review
- A Comparison of Stress Perception in International and Local First Semester Medical Students Using Psychometric, Psychophysiological, and Humoral Methods.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
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Abstract
objectiveConcentrations of cortisol in hair, a novel marker of longer-term cortisol status, were compared in depressed versus nondepressed patients with coronary artery disease (CAD).
methods20 mg hair samples of 3 cm length were collected from 121 patients attending a cardiac rehabilitation program, 34 of whom suffered from depressive symptoms.
resultsControlling for age, gender, coronary artery bypass grafting, history of depression, and time since most recent acute coronary syndrome, cortisol concentrations (P = 0.162) did not predict severity of depression. Younger age (P = 0.003) was a significant predictor of depressive symptoms. Perceived stress was not associated with long-term cortisol concentrations (P = 0.161).
conclusionsCortisol concentrations in hair do not predict depressive symptoms in CAD patients attending cardiac rehabilitation.
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