Cortisol levels versus self-report stress measures during pregnancy as predictors of … | RTCL.TV

  The systematic review found that higher levels of self-reported stress were associated with intrauterine growth restriction, low gestational age at birth, low anthropometric measures, poor infant neurodevelopment, and potentially pathogenic gut microbiota in six studies. Higher cortisol levels were also associated with these outcomes in 13 studies. However, a meta-regression was not feasible due to differences in study samples, measurement tools employed, types of cortisol assessed, and outcomes reported. The review concluded that self-report stress measures appear to be modest predictors of adverse infant outcomes in comparison to cortisol levels.   Methodological limitations need to be addressed in future studies to better understand the relationship between cortisol and self-reported stress and how they are related to adverse infant outcomes. This article was authored by Rafael A. Caparros-Gonzalez, Fiona Lynn, Fiona Alderdice, and others. As found on YouTube ꜱʟɪᴍᴄʀʏꜱᴛᴀʟ The World’s Only Slimming Crystal Water Bottles! The unique combination of crystals is so powerful that it has been used for decades by crystal healing experts to help thousands of men and women change their lives for the better ➯➱ ➫ ➪➬ ᴛʏᴘᴇ ᴏʀ ᴘᴀꜱᴛᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴇɴᴛ ʜᴇʀᴇ [Official] ᵘᵖᵗᵒ ⁷⁰% ᵒᶠᶠ ᵗᵒᵈᵃʸ!