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SUBMITTER: Stafford M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5652457 | biostudies-other | 2017 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Stafford Mai M Ben-Shlomo Yoav Y Cooper Cyrus C Gale Catharine C Gardner Michael P MP Geoffroy Marie-Claude MC Power Chris C Kuh Diana D Cooper Rachel R
BMJ open 20171012 10
<h4>Objectives</h4>We conducted an individual participant meta-analysis to test the hypothesis that cortisol patterns indicative of dysregulated hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis functioning would be prospectively associated with poorer well-being at follow-up.<h4>Setting</h4>Four large UK-based cohort studies.<h4>Participants</h4>Those providing valid salivary or serum cortisol samples (n=7515 for morning cortisol; n=1612 for cortisol awakening response) at baseline (age 44-82) and well-being ...[more]