Psychosocial stress and central adiposity: A Brazilian study with a representative sample of the public health system users.
Flávia Vitorino FreitasWagner Miranda BarbosaLaíz Aparecida Azevedo SilvaMarianna Junger de Oliveira GaroziJúlia de Assis PinheiroAline Ribeiro BorçoiCatarine Lima ContiJuliana Krüger ArpiniHeberth de PaulaMayara Mota de OliveiraAnderson Barros ArchanjoÉrika Aparecida Silva de FreitasDaniela Rodrigues de OliveiraElizeu Batista BorlotiIuri Drumond LouroAdriana Madeira Alvares-da-SilvaPublished in: PloS one (2018)
Central adiposity was inversely associated with cortisol in the rural population and directly associated with higher arterial blood pressure in the urban population, suggesting a local influence on how individuals react to stress.