ArticleJournal of childhood obesity2018
Salivary Cortisol Does Not Correlate with Metabolic Syndrome Markers or Subjective Stress in Overweight Children.
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- The Relationship between Psychological Stress and Anthropometric, Biological Outcomes: A Systematic Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Pooled it
- Dietary habits and salivary cortisol levels as an early predictor of metabolic syndrome in children: a case-control study.Przeglad gastroenterologiczny · 2025Article
- Circadian Rhythm of Salivary Cortisol in Obese Adolescents With and Without Apnea: A Pilot Study.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Article
- Associations of Hair Cortisol Concentrations With Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Childhood.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2021Article
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- Prenatal and childhood predictors of hair cortisol concentration in mid-childhood and early adolescence.PloS one · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectiveBeing overweight is a risk factor for metabolic syndrome in children, but not all overweight children develop metabolic syndrome. Cortisol excess from chronic psychological stress has been proposed as an independent risk factor for metabolic syndrome in this already at-risk population. The present study assesses the relationship of biochemical and body composition radiographic markers of metabolic syndrome to salivary cortisol and self-report of chronic psychological stress in a cohort of overweight children.
methodsThis cross-sectional study took place in a multi-disciplinary pediatric obesity clinic at a tertiary care hospital, and involved fifteen children with BMI at or above the 85
resultsIn this pilot study, no correlation was found between salivary cortisol measures and questionnaire scores of subjective stress or bullying, and no correlation was found between any of these measures and markers of metabolic syndrome (dyslipidemia, insulin resistance, increased abdominal fat).
conclusionsThese results suggest that measures of psychological stress, whether biochemical or subjective, do not appear to predict risk of metabolic syndrome in overweight children. While ease of collection and demonstrated utility both in detection of pediatric Cushing disease and in adult psychological research make salivary cortisol assessment an attractive clinical tool, further investigation into the value of salivary measures in pediatric stress research is needed.
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