Adaeze C Wosu1, Bizu Gelaye2, Unnur Valdimarsdóttir3, Clemens Kirschbaum4, Tobias Stalder4, Alexandra E Shields5, Michelle A Williams2. 1. Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA. Electronic address: awosu@hsph.harvard.edu. 2. Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA. 3. Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA; Center of Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland. 4. Department of Psychology, Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany. 5. Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Harvard/Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Genomics, Vulnerable Populations and Health Disparities, Mongan Institute for Health Policy, Boston, MA.
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PURPOSE: We investigated the feasibility of obtaining hair samples from men and women at community-based barbershops and hair salons for analysis of cortisol and assessed sociodemographic and lifestyle correlates of hair cortisol concentrations (HCCs). A total of 102 participants completed the study. METHODS: Research staff interviewed participants using a structured questionnaire, and samples of hair were collected. HCCs were determined using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Age- and sex-adjusted linear regression models were used to evaluate the association of HCC with covariates. RESULTS: Analyses by race/ethnicity showed highest median HCC in blacks (12.5 [6.9-29.3]) pg/mg) followed by Hispanics (10.7 [5.8-14.9] pg/mg), whites (5.0 [3.8-10.8] pg/mg), and other participants (4.2 [3.3-15.7] pg/mg), P < .01. Current smokers had significantly higher median HCC (11.7 [8.8-18.9] pg/mg) compared with former smokers (4.6 [3.5-14.6] pg/mg) and those who had never smoked (6.9 [4.7-12.8] pg/mg), P = .04. After adjustment for age and sex, geometric mean HCC was 0.72 pg/mg lower in dyed hair compared with hair that was not dyed (β = -0.72, standard error = 0.30, 95% confidence interval, -1.29 to -0.15, P = .02). CONCLUSIONS: HCC can be assessed in community-based studies. Future HCC studies should consider cosmetic hair treatment, cigarette smoking, and the potential role of psychosocial stressors in the association between race/ethnicity and HCC.
PURPOSE: We investigated the feasibility of obtaining hair samples from men and women at community-based barbershops and hair salons for analysis of cortisol and assessed sociodemographic and lifestyle correlates of hair cortisol concentrations (HCCs). A total of 102 participants completed the study. METHODS: Research staff interviewed participants using a structured questionnaire, and samples of hair were collected. HCCs were determined using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Age- and sex-adjusted linear regression models were used to evaluate the association of HCC with covariates. RESULTS: Analyses by race/ethnicity showed highest median HCC in blacks (12.5 [6.9-29.3]) pg/mg) followed by Hispanics (10.7 [5.8-14.9] pg/mg), whites (5.0 [3.8-10.8] pg/mg), and other participants (4.2 [3.3-15.7] pg/mg), P < .01. Current smokers had significantly higher median HCC (11.7 [8.8-18.9] pg/mg) compared with former smokers (4.6 [3.5-14.6] pg/mg) and those who had never smoked (6.9 [4.7-12.8] pg/mg), P = .04. After adjustment for age and sex, geometric mean HCC was 0.72 pg/mg lower in dyed hair compared with hair that was not dyed (β = -0.72, standard error = 0.30, 95% confidence interval, -1.29 to -0.15, P = .02). CONCLUSIONS: HCC can be assessed in community-based studies. Future HCC studies should consider cosmetic hair treatment, cigarette smoking, and the potential role of psychosocial stressors in the association between race/ethnicity and HCC.
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