Cortisol concentration affects fat and muscle mass among Polish children aged 6-13 years
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Cortisol concentration affects fat and muscle mass among Polish children aged 6-13 years. / Pruszkowska-Przybylska, Paulina; Sitek, Aneta; Rosset, Iwona; Sobalska-Kwapis, Marta; Slomka, Marcin; Strapagiel, Dominik; Zadzinska, Elzbieta; Morling, Niels.
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T1 - Cortisol concentration affects fat and muscle mass among Polish children aged 6-13 years
AU - Pruszkowska-Przybylska, Paulina
AU - Sitek, Aneta
AU - Rosset, Iwona
AU - Sobalska-Kwapis, Marta
AU - Slomka, Marcin
AU - Strapagiel, Dominik
AU - Zadzinska, Elzbieta
AU - Morling, Niels
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Background Cortisol is a steroid hormone acting as a stress hormone, which is crucial in regulating homeostasis. Previous studies have linked cortisol concentration to body mass and body composition. Methods The investigations were carried out in 2016-2017. A total of 176 children aged 6-13 years in primary schools in central Poland were investigated. Three types of measurements were performed: anthropometric (body weight and height, waist and hip circumferences), body composition (fat mass FM (%), muscle mass - MM (%), body cellular mass - BCM (%), total body water - TBW (%)), and cortisol concentration using saliva of the investigated individuals. Information about standard of living, type of feeding after birth, parental education and maternal trauma during pregnancy was obtained with questionnaires. Results The results of regression models after removing the environmental factors (parental education, standard of living, type of feeding after birth, and maternal trauma during pregnancy) indicate a statistically significant association between the cortisol concentration and fat mass and muscle mass. The cortisol concentration was negatively associated with FM (%) (Beta=-0.171; p = 0.026), explaining 2.32 % of the fat mass variability and positively associated with MM (%) (Beta = 0.192; p = 0.012) explaining 3.09 % of the muscle mass variability. Conclusions Cortisol concentration affects fat and muscle mass among Polish children.
AB - Background Cortisol is a steroid hormone acting as a stress hormone, which is crucial in regulating homeostasis. Previous studies have linked cortisol concentration to body mass and body composition. Methods The investigations were carried out in 2016-2017. A total of 176 children aged 6-13 years in primary schools in central Poland were investigated. Three types of measurements were performed: anthropometric (body weight and height, waist and hip circumferences), body composition (fat mass FM (%), muscle mass - MM (%), body cellular mass - BCM (%), total body water - TBW (%)), and cortisol concentration using saliva of the investigated individuals. Information about standard of living, type of feeding after birth, parental education and maternal trauma during pregnancy was obtained with questionnaires. Results The results of regression models after removing the environmental factors (parental education, standard of living, type of feeding after birth, and maternal trauma during pregnancy) indicate a statistically significant association between the cortisol concentration and fat mass and muscle mass. The cortisol concentration was negatively associated with FM (%) (Beta=-0.171; p = 0.026), explaining 2.32 % of the fat mass variability and positively associated with MM (%) (Beta = 0.192; p = 0.012) explaining 3.09 % of the muscle mass variability. Conclusions Cortisol concentration affects fat and muscle mass among Polish children.
KW - Body composition
KW - obesity
KW - cortisol level
KW - OVERWEIGHT
KW - OBESITY
KW - STRESS
KW - SALIVA
KW - SERUM
U2 - 10.1186/s12887-021-02837-3
DO - 10.1186/s12887-021-02837-3
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 34452601
VL - 21
JO - BMC Pediatrics
JF - BMC Pediatrics
SN - 1471-2431
M1 - 365
ER -
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