Stress may be reflected in your hair's cortisol levels, according to a study of Mexican and Icelandic women
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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/globalpublichealth/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgph.0000571
Article Title: Perceived stress and hair cortisol concentration in a study of Mexican and Icelandic women
Author Countries: Iceland, U.S.A., Mexico, Germany, Sweden
Funding: This work was supported by CONACyT (SALUD 161786 and FOINS 214145, https://www.conacyt.gob.mx/index.php/el-conacyt/desarrollo-cientifico/redes-tematicas-conacyt/directorio-de-redes-tematicas-conacyt/category/salud , ML), an investigator–initiated unrestricted grant from AstraZeneca (ISSNPCV0022, https://www.astrazeneca.com/country-sites/mexico.html , ML), and an institutional grant support by Tecnológico de Monterrey, Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud (TecSalud) (https://www.tecsalud.mx/, ML). This work was also supported with a Grant of Excellence, Icelandic Research Fund (grant no. 163362-051, https://www.rannis.is/sjodir/rannsoknir/rannsoknasjodur/ , UAV), ERC Consolidator Grant (StressGene, grant no: 726413, https://erc.europa.eu/funding/consolidator-grants , UAV) and the Icelandic Gender Equality Fund (grant no. 1233-1232991, https://www.rannis.is/sjodir/rannsoknir/jafnrettissjodur/ , RL). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
PLOS Global Public Health
Perceived stress and hair cortisol concentration in a study of Mexican and Icelandic women
3-Aug-2022
M. Lajous received a nonrestricted investigator‐initiated grant from AstraZeneca. The other authors declare that no competing interests exist.