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- Title
Childhood conditions influence adult progesterone levels.
- Authors
Núñez-de la Mora, Alejandra; Chatterton, Robert T; Choudhury, Osul A; Napolitano, Dora A; Bentley, Gillian R
- Abstract
Average profiles of salivary progesterone in women vary significantly at the inter- and intrapopulation level as a function of age and acute energetic conditions related to energy intake, energy expenditure, or a combination of both. In addition to acute stressors, baseline progesterone levels differ among populations. The causes of such chronic differences are not well understood, but it has been hypothesised that they may result from varying tempos of growth and maturation and, by implication, from diverse environmental conditions encountered during childhood and adolescence.
- Publication
PLoS medicine, 2007, Vol 4, Issue 5, pe167
- ISSN
1549-1676
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pmed.0040167