2022
Psychosocial Stress and Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Stress Reactivity: Variations by Race and Socioeconomic Status Among Adults at Risk of Diabetes
Kalesnikava V, Clarke P, Mukherjee B, Sen S, Mezuk B. Psychosocial Stress and Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Stress Reactivity: Variations by Race and Socioeconomic Status Among Adults at Risk of Diabetes. Psychosomatic Medicine 2022, 84: 813-821. PMID: 35980779, DOI: 10.1097/psy.0000000000001112.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDomain-specific stressMeasures of psychosocial stressTrier Social Stress TestAssociated with cortisol recoveryHypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis reactivityPsychosocial stressPerceived stressEvidence of effect modificationCortisol responseHigh-SES neighborhoodsHigher perceived stressPsychosocial stress measuresSocioeconomically diverse cohortCortisol recoveryRisk of diabetesAssociated with cortisol responseNeighborhood SESHealth disparitiesEffect modificationNeurobiological stress responseSocioeconomic statusSocial Stress TestSelf-report measuresType 2 diabetesSalivary cortisol response
2019
Interactions between chemicals and non-chemical stressors: The modifying effect of life events on the association between triclocarban, phenols and parabens with gestational length in a Puerto Rican cohort
Aker A, McConnell R, Loch-Caruso R, Park S, Mukherjee B, Rosario Z, Vélez-Vega C, Huerta-Montanez G, Alshawabkeh A, Cordero J, Meeker J. Interactions between chemicals and non-chemical stressors: The modifying effect of life events on the association between triclocarban, phenols and parabens with gestational length in a Puerto Rican cohort. The Science Of The Total Environment 2019, 708: 134719. PMID: 31785910, PMCID: PMC6957748, DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134719.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLife eventsLinear regression modelsMultiple linear regression modelNegative life eventsPresence of negative life eventsPsychosocial stress measuresAdverse birth outcomesPregnancy cohort studyRegression modelsEffects of psychosocial stressPsychosocial factorsNon-chemical stressorsBirth outcomesEffects of life eventsCohort studyPsychosocial stressPositive LEsPositive life eventsExposure biomarkersSignificant modifiersPrenatal exposureSignificant interactionWomenAssociationRate of events