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Foetal exposure to maternal depression predicts cortisol responses in infants: findings from rural South India.

Michelle FernandesA SteinK SrinivasanG MenezesP G Ramchandani
Published in: Child: care, health and development (2014)
These findings suggest that the association between antenatal depression and infant cortisol reactivity is dose-dependent and U-shaped, implying that infants exposed to both low and high levels of maternal depression showed greater reactivity. The study provides the first evidence of such an association from a low-income setting.
Keyphrases
  • depressive symptoms
  • sleep quality
  • pregnant women
  • birth weight
  • south africa
  • gestational age
  • physical activity