Association of occupational stress with waking, diurnal, and bedtime cortisol response in police officers.

Penelope J AllisonAnna MnatsakanovaDesta B FekedulegnJohn M ViolantiLuenda E CharlesTara A HartleyMichael E AndrewDiane B Miller

Published in: American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council (2019)

Higher stress ratings were related to blunted diurnal decline in cortisol, suggesting conventional and unexpected police stressors may result in HPA axis dysfunction. Future studies investigating possible associations between elevated cortisol and subclinical CVD are needed.

Keyphrases

stress induced
oxidative stress
current status
case control