• Maternal stress, early life factors and infant salivary cortisol levels 

      Mägi, Caroline-Aleksi Olsson; Despriee, Åshild; Småstuen, Milada Cvancarova; Almqvist, Catarina; Bahram, Fuad; Bakkeheim, Egil; Bjerg, Anders; Glavin, Kari; Granum, Berit; Haugen, Guttorm Nils; Hedlin, Gunilla; Jonassen, Christine M; Carlsen, Karin Cecilie Lødrup; Rehbinder, Eva Maria; Rolfsjord, Leif Bjarte; Staff, Anne Cathrine; Skjerven, Håvard Ove; Vettukattil, Riyas; Nordlund, Björn; Söderhäll, Cilla (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Background: Salivary cortisol (SC), a commonly used biomarker for stress, may be disrupted by negative events in pregnancy, at birth and in infancy. We aimed to explore if maternal perceived stress (PSS) in or after pregnancy ...