Predicting hair cortisol levels with hair pigmentation genes: a possible hair pigmentation bias

Abstract Cortisol concentrations in hair are used to create hormone profiles spanning months. This method allows assessment of chronic cortisol exposure, but might be biased by hair pigmentation: dark hair was previously related to higher concentrations. It is unclear whether this association arises...

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Main Authors: Alexander Neumann, Gerard Noppe, Fan Liu, Manfred Kayser, Frank C. Verhulst, Vincent W. V. Jaddoe, Elisabeth F. C. van Rossum, Henning Tiemeier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-07034-w