Associations between hair cortisol concentration, income, income dynamics and status incongruity in healthy middle-aged women.
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Cím:
Associations between hair cortisol concentration, income, income dynamics and status incongruity in healthy middle-aged women.
Létrehozó:
Serwinski, B.
Salavecz, Gyöngyvér
Kirschbaum, C.
Steptoe, A.
Kiadó:
Elsevier
Dátum:
2016-05-01
Téma:
BF01 Psychophysiology / pszichofiziolĂłgia
Tartalmi leírás:
A body of research demonstrates that financial disadvantage is associated with general health inequalities and higher mortality rates. Most studies make use of cross-sectional analyses, although income can also be viewed as a dynamic concept. The use of endocrine-markers as proxies for health can provide information about the pathways involved in these associations. Hair cortisol analysis has been developed as a method for assessing sustained cortisol output as it provides an estimate of cumulative cortisol secretion over a prolonged time. The present study assessed income and income trajectory over a 4-year period in 164 working women (aged 26-65) in relation to hair cortisol in a longitudinal design. A negative association between hair cortisol and concurrent income was found (p=0.025) and hair cortisol and changes in income over 4 years (p<0.001), after adjustment for age, BMI, smoking status, hair treatment and country. Status incongruity, a mismatch between educational status and income group, was related to higher cortisol levels compared with status congruity (p=0.009). These findings suggest that psychoneuroendocrinological pathways might partially explain the relationship between lower socio-economic status and adverse health outcomes. Future longitudinal research using hair cortisol analysis is warranted to clarify the time course of social mobility in relation to long-term cortisol, to investigate other underlying psychosocial factors implicated in these associations, and to determine the exact health implications of the neuroendocrine perturbations in individuals with limited economic resources.
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Article
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Azonosító:
Serwinski, B. and Salavecz, Gyöngyvér and Kirschbaum, C. and Steptoe, A. (2016) Associations between hair cortisol concentration, income, income dynamics and status incongruity in healthy middle-aged women. PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY, 67. pp. 182-188. ISSN 0306-4530
Kapcsolat:
doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2016.02.008.
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