SynthesisFrontiers in nutrition2022
Associations Between Different Cortisol Measures and Adiposity in Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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- Family stress and child BMIz during the COVID-19 pandemic: exploring the mediating effects of cortisol.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2025Article
- A New Nomogram for Predicting Early Weight Loss Outcomes in Patients with Obesity Following Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy.Obesity surgery · 2025Article
- Eating in the Absence of Hunger in Hispanic Preschoolers: Relationships with Child Sex, Food Preference, and Weight Status.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Lower Cortisol and Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate and Higher Food Addiction in Childhood Obesity: Associations With Stress and Dietary Parameters.Journal of the Endocrine Society · 2025Article
- Hair Cortisol Concentrations in the Prediction of Early Substance Use Engagement in Youth.Substance use & misuse · 2025Article
- Hair cortisol concentrations are associated with greater adiposity in late adolescence amongst non-Hispanic White individuals.Pediatric obesity · 2024Article
- Cortisol/Cortisone Ratio in Youth with Obesity One Year Following Sleeve Gastrectomy.Metabolic syndrome and related disorders · 2024Article
- Differences in segmental hair cortisol concentration analysis among children and adolescents with overweight and obesity, their parents, and normal weight peers.Hormones (Athens, Greece) · 2023Article
- Biomarkers of Stress and Inflammation in Children.Biological research for nursing · 2023Article
- Preoperative Serum Cortisol Level Is Predictive of Weight Loss After Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy in Men with Severe Obesity but Not Women.Obesity surgery · 2023Article
- Factors Influencing Cortisol Concentrations in Breastmilk and Its Associations with Breastmilk Composition and Infant Development in the First Six Months of Lactation.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
This study examined associations between hair, salivary, serum, and urinary cortisol concentration with adiposity-related indicators in children, and explored their potential effects modification by age, sex, cortisol measurement method, and country developmental context. We systematically searched PubMed, Web of Science, and Embase for studies examining at least one of the four aforementioned cortisol with objectively measured adiposity-related outcomes in children. Meta-analyses of cross-sectional studies revealed that hair cortisol concentration was associated with fat mass index (FMI)-standard deviation score (SDS)/FMI z-score (pooled-β = 0.04, 95% CI: 0.01, 0.08) and BMI/BMI z-score (pooled-β = 0.15, 95% CI: 0.06, 0.25), and these associations were significant among children aged ≤ 12 years (pooled-β = 0.15, 95% CI: 0.05, 0.26) and >12 years (pooled Systematic Review Registration: [https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/#recordDetails], identifier [CRD42020215111].
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