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dc.contributor.authorHuizink, A.C.
dc.contributor.authorBartels, M.
dc.contributor.authorRose, R.J.
dc.contributor.authorPulkkinen, Lea
dc.contributor.authorEriksson, C.J.P.
dc.contributor.authorKaprio, J.
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-25T12:26:43Z
dc.date.available2019-09-25T12:26:43Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.identifier.citationHuizink, A.C., Bartels, M., Rose, R.J., Pulkkinen, L., Eriksson, C.J.P., & Kaprio, J. (2008). Chernobyl exposure as stressor during pregnancy and hormone levels in adolescent offspring. <i>Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health</i>, <i>62</i>(4), e5. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1136/jech.2007.060350" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1136/jech.2007.060350</a>
dc.identifier.otherCONVID_17983340
dc.identifier.otherTUTKAID_31610
dc.identifier.urihttps://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/65648
dc.description.abstractBackground: Animal research suggests a programming effect of prenatal stress in the fetal period, resulting in disruptions in behavioural and neuromotor development. Physiological changes that mediate these effects include alterations in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and in testosterone levels. This human study focuses on changes related to these physiological systems after prenatal stress exposure. Methods: We examined the potential effect of prenatal stress associated with the Chernobyl disaster in an ongoing genetic epidemiological study in Finland. One birth cohort of twins (n = 121 twin pairs) was exposed in utero to maternal stress, and their saliva cortisol and testosterone levels at age 14 were compared with twins (n = 157 twin pairs) born one year later. Results: Cortisol levels in both sexes and testosterone levels among females were significantly elevated after prenatal exposure to maternal stress from the second trimester onwards, compared to reference groups of non-exposed adolescents. Exposure explains 3% of variance (p<0.05) in cortisol levels and 18% of variance in testosterone levels (p<0.001). No significant differences were found for exposure from either first or third trimester onwards. Conclusion: Our results suggest that prenatal exposure to maternal stress in the second trimester of pregnancy may have resulted in prenatal programming of physiological systems relating to cortisol and testosterone levels.fi
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofseriesJournal of Epidemiology and Community Health
dc.relation.urihttp://jech.bmj.com/cgi/reprint/62/4/e5
dc.rightsIn Copyright
dc.subject.otherraskausfi
dc.titleChernobyl exposure as stressor during pregnancy and hormone levels in adolescent offspring
dc.typearticle
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi:jyu-201909114102
dc.contributor.laitosPsykologian laitosfi
dc.contributor.laitosDepartment of Psychologyen
dc.contributor.oppiainePsykologiafi
dc.contributor.oppiainePsychologyen
dc.type.urihttp://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle
dc.date.updated2019-09-11T09:15:25Z
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dc.description.reviewstatuspeerReviewed
dc.format.pagerangee5
dc.relation.issn1470-2738
dc.relation.numberinseries4
dc.relation.volume62
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dc.rights.copyright© 2008 BMJ Publishing Group
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dc.subject.ysoraskaus
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jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p8749
dc.rights.urlhttp://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en
dc.relation.doi10.1136/jech.2007.060350
dc.type.okmA1


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