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153. Group activity participation at age 21 and depressive symptoms during boom and recession in Sweden: a 20-year follow-up.

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Bean, Christopher G, Virtanen, Marianna, Westerlund, Hugo, Berg, Noora, Hallqvist, Johan, and Hammarström, Anne

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MENTAL depression risk factors, LONGITUDINAL method, QUESTIONNAIRES, RECESSIONS, SOCIAL participation, STATISTICS, DATA analysis, GROUP process, SOCIOECONOMIC factors, ADULTS
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Background Organized group activities (e.g. sports or arts clubs) have long been noted as important developmental settings for youth, yet previous studies on the relationships between participation and mental health outcomes have focused on short-term effects among school-aged adolescents. The subsequent period of life, emerging adulthood, has been largely overlooked despite being another important life stage where individuals face new existential challenges and may benefit from group activity participation. The potential for macroeconomic conditions to modify these relationships has also not been considered. Methods Participants (n = 1654) comprise two cohorts, born in either 1965 (n = 968) or 1973 (n = 686), from the same middle-sized industrial town in Northern Sweden. Both cohorts completed detailed questionnaires at age 21 (macroeconomic boom for Cohort 65, recession for Cohort 73) and approximately 20 years follow-up (age 43 for Cohort 65, age 39 for Cohort 73). General linear models were used to assess concurrent and prospective associations between regular group activity participation and depressive symptoms, as well as the potential interaction with boom/recession. Results After controlling for sociodemographic factors, regular group activity participation at age 21 was associated with lower depressive symptoms, both concurrently and at follow-up. Those exposed to recession at age 21 reported higher depressive symptoms at the time but there was no interaction between cohort (boom/recession) and group activity participation. Conclusions Regular group activity participation during emerging adulthood is associated with lower depressive symptoms uniformly in times of boom and recession. Beneficial effects of such participation may contribute to better mental health over 20 years. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2019
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193. Central gender theoretical concepts in health research: the state of the art

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Hammarström, Anne, primary, Johansson, Klara, additional, Annandale, Ellen, additional, Ahlgren, Christina, additional, Aléx, Lena, additional, Christianson, Monica, additional, Elwér, Sofia, additional, Eriksson, Carola, additional, Fjellman-Wiklund, Anncristine, additional, Gilenstam, Kajsa, additional, Gustafsson, Per E, additional, Harryson, Lisa, additional, Lehti, Arja, additional, Stenberg, Gunilla, additional, and Verdonk, Petra, additional

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2013
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196. Is body size at birth related to circadian salivary cortisol levels in adulthood? Results from a longitudinal cohort study.

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Gustafsson, Per E., Janlert, Urban, Theorell, Töres, Hammarström, Anne, Theorell, Töres, and Hammarström, Anne

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COHORT analysis, HEALTH behavior, BIRTH weight, ETIOLOGY of diseases, FETAL growth retardation
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Background: The hypothesis of fetal origins of adult disease has during the last decades received interest as an explanation of chronic, e.g. cardiovascular, disease in adulthood stemming from fetal environmental conditions. Early programming and enduring dysregulations of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA axis), with cortisol as its end product, has been proposed as a possible mechanism by which birth weight influence later health status. However, the fetal origin of the adult cortisol regulation has been insufficiently studied. The present study aims to examine if body size at birth is related to circadian cortisol levels at 43 years.Methods: Participants were drawn from a prospective cohort study (n = 752, 74.5%). Salivary cortisol samples were collected at four times during one day at 43 years, and information on birth size was collected retrospectively from delivery records. Information on body mass during adolescence and adulthood and on health behavior, medication and medical conditions at 43 years was collected prospectively by questionnaire and examined as potential confounders. Participants born preterm or < 2500 g were excluded from the main analyses.Results: Across the normal spectrum, size at birth (birth weight and ponderal index) was positively related to total (area under the curve, AUC) and bedtime cortisol levels in the total sample. Results were more consistent in men than in women. Descriptively, participants born preterm or < 2500 g also seemed to display elevated evening and total cortisol levels. No associations were found for birth length or for the cortisol awakening response (CAR).Conclusions: These results are contradictory to previously reported negative associations between birth weight and adult cortisol levels, and thus tentatively question the assumption that only low birth weight predicts future physiological dysregulations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2010
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