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Diurnal Salivary Cortisol Concentration in School-aged Children: Increased Morning Cortisol Concentration and Total Cortisol Concentration Negatively Correlated to Body Mass Index in Children with Recurrent Abdominal Pain of Psychosomatic Origin

Carl‐Johan Törnhage

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism · 2006 · 61 citations · 28 references

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Abstract

In healthy children, salivary cortisol concentration was dependent on time, age and menarche. In children with RAP of psychosomatic origin, morning and total secretion of cortisol were significantly higher than in healthy children and negatively correlated to BMI.

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